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1. TornadoA tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the…

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Natural Disasters Are we prepared? Whatisa Natural Disaster? What’s the difference between natural disaster and natural hazard? Can we predict them? What can we do to prevent…

What are NaturalWhat are Natural Disasters?Disasters? The World is always changing. Natural disasters are changes which are so great they may cause damage to the shape of…

Natural Disasters Emrah B… Mehmet B… Natural Disasters Geological Earthquakes Volcanic Eruptions Floods Tsunami s Hydrologic al Natural Disasters Geological Earthquakes…

Natural Disasters By Andrei Farrugia 3.1 Summary• A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard like a flood, hurricane, volcaniceruption, earthquake and heat wave.•…

NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL DISASTERS A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard(e.g flood, tornado, volcanoes, earthquake,landslide,hurricanes,forest fire,cyclone,famine,tsunamis)…

Natural Disasters Abnormally dry weather that damages crops andcauses reservoirs and wellsto dry up. drought A shaking of the Earth’ssurface. It happens when energy stored…

1. See footage of Cyclone Larry Source: YouTube (2012); USDA (2006) 2. See footage of Grantham floods Source: ABC News (2012); Fairfax Media (2012); Wikipedia (a) (2012)…

1. Natural Disasters 2. Hurricanes 3. 4. 5. Earthquakes 6. 7. 8. Tsunami 9. 10. 11. Linkers 12. My cat is overweight 13. My cat is overweight because it eats a lot 14. It’s…

1. NATURAL DISASTERS 2. A tornado is an air mass with high angularspeed (2-50 rpm); its lower end is in contactwith the surface of the Earth and the upperwith a cumulonimbus…

1. It is an event thathas led to significantconsequences topeople, theenvironment or thefacility. 2.  DesignFlaws Poor ControlSystems Lack ofMaintenance OperatorFatigue…

1. 1. Definitions (° Biological agents ° Biological warfare/bio-terrorism )2. Causes and Methods of dissemination of biological agents3. Types (° Anthrax ° Smallpox °…

1. Natural DisastersMackie Rights Respecting 2. Natural disasters devastate manycountries, states and cities. They takeextremely long to tidy up afterwards andmany people…

1. NATURAL DISASTERS 2. AVALANCHES 3. avalanches are small slides of dry powdery snow that move as a formless mass. These "sluffs" account for a tiny fraction…

1. Flood is an overflow of an expanse of water thatsubmerges land. The EU Floods directive defines a flood as a temporary covering by water of land not normally covered by…

1. Natural disastersAnar Iskenderov 10-B 2. EARTHQUAKESEarthquakes occur when theearths tectonic plates releasestress. This release of pressurecreates the vibrations, which…

1. By Emily Lam 2. Tsunamis (say: soo-NAH-mees) are a series of waves that send surges of water sometimes reaching 30.5 metres high. Some people think it’s so bad they…

1. Are we prepared? 2. Landslides and mudflows 3. Landslides and mudflows 4. Tsunami 5. Tsunami

1. NATURAL DISASTERS By: Alonso Sánchez, Daniel García, Jorge Mejías and Carlos Simón. NATURAL DISASTERS 2. INDEXINDEX • What are natural disasters? • People which…