User:TA2016/sandbox

1979 Easter Flood
Added a citation to and edited a sentence that was plagiarized Added a link to the main Wikipedia article on Floods
 * "More than 17,000 people in the cities of Jackson, Flowood, Pearl, Richland and other communities were forced from their homes. The flooding of the Pearl River placed most of Jackson, the state's capital city, under water."

Added statistics and cited them Added two external links
 * It flooded due to abnormally high rainfall in the preceding months (up to 150% more than usual). The water level reached a record-setting 43.28 feet on April 17, 1979.
 * WLBT Archive: Flood of 1979
 * Lessons of the 1979 Easter Flood

2016 Taiwan Earthquake
Checked for plagiarism

Explained how Taiwan is prone to earthquakes due to its location Added the sentence "[The earthquake's] comparatively shallow depth caused more intense reverberations on the surface" Added "Rescuers used sensors to detect signs of life and avoided using heavy machinery for fear of further collapsing the rubble and potentially trapping any survivors." Added links to the following Wikipedia articles
 * source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/08/asia/taiwan-earthquake/
 * source: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/02/earthquake-measuring-64-hits-southern-taiwan-160205213442324.html
 * source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/world/asia/taiwan-earthquake-arrest-wei-guan.html?_r=0
 * Ring of Fire
 * Meinong District
 * Professional Negligence

Mount Pavlof
I added info to the volcano's history with a source Took out the phrase "continuing as of March 29, 2016" since the volcanic activity has stopped for now.
 * The volcano stopped emitting ash clouds on March 31, 2016
 * source: http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2016/03/31/alaska-pavlof-volcano

I clarified what a "Red" warning level means Added links to the following wikipedia pages Checked for plagiarism but didn't see any faults
 * source: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/alaskas-most-active-volcano-is-it-again-180958582/?no-ist
 * Alaska Volcano Observatory
 * United States Geological Survey
 * Cold Bay

2016 Ecuador earthquake

 * Checked for plagiarism
 * Added a reference to http://www.icesfoundation.org/Pages/QlarmEventList.aspx
 * Added links to the Wikipedia pages for "earthquake", "natural disaster", and "state of emergency"
 * Added information to the "Aftermath" section and cited these sources
 * http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/23/ecuador-earthquake-death-toll-rises-rafael-correa
 * http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/21/ecuador-earthquake-survivors-food-shortages-water-medical-aid