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Natural disasters

A
Agenda
Introduction

Some of natural
disasters

Their role in the


destruction /list of
some disasters.

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Natural Disasters

A natural disaster is major adverse event resulting from


natural processes of the Earth ; examples include
tornadoes, hurricanes , volcanoes eruptions,
tsunamis, and other geologic processes.
A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property
damage , and typically leaves some economic
damage in its wake , the severity of which depends
on the affected populations resilience , or ability to
recover.
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List of some
natural
disasters:
 Volcanic
eruptions
 Floods
 Cyclones
 Earthquakes
 Wild fire
 Tornado
 Landslides

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Volcanic Eruptions

• A volcano is a opening in a planet’s surface which allows hot magma to


escape from the below surface from the earth due to heat and pressure.
• Study of volcano is called volcanology and volcanic eruptions are
measure using volcanic explosivity Index.
• The biggest volcanic eruption was mount tambora on April 10 th ,1815, it
heard over 2000 km away and had a death toll of around 71,000.Due to
the explosion 1816 became the year which is known as “ The year
without summer”.
• The largest volcano known to humans is OLYMPUS MONS ON MARS.
Olympus mons means Mount Olympus and is bigger than mount Everest.
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Floods

• Floods are caused when water overflows from a water


body.
• One of the biggest floods in the world is probably the
yellow river in China 1887 which killed around 9000,000
people .
• They are usally caused by heavy rainfall.

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Cyclones

• A cyclone is an area of closed , circular fluid motion. It has low


pressure on the outside.
• The center of the storm is called the eye and it has the
calmest water and the lowest pressure.
• Cyclones turn counter –clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
This is because it follows the rational movement of the earth.
• The biggest cyclone recorded is the Bhola cyclone. It hit the
coast of today’s Bangladesh in 1970 with a earth toll of around
500,000
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Earthquakes

• It is the result of a sudden release of energy from the


earth’s crust that creates seismic waves.
• They are measured using seismographs.
• The Valdivia earthquake also known as the great
Chilean earthquake is the biggest earthquake ever
recorded. It hit chile on may 22, 1960 with a magnitude
of 9.5 and a death toll of around 6000.
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Wildfire

• A wildfire is any uncontrolled fire in the countryside or


wilderness.
• Other names for a wildfire are brush fire or bush fire ,
forest fire, desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire,
vegetation fire, and veldfire.
• One of the largest wildfire is the 1910 wildfire.

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Tornado

• A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is touching both the


ground and a cumulonimbus cloud.
• Tornado conditions are caused when different temperature and humidity
meet to form thunder clouds.
• “ Twister” can attain speeds up to 100 miles an hour
• The biggest tornado recorded was the Hallam, Nebraska tornado on may
22, 2004. it was around 2.5 miles big and had a death toll of around 160.
• The deadliest tornado recorded occurred in Daultipur and Salturia ,
Bangladesh on April 26 1989. 1300 recorded dead and 12,000 injured.
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Landslide

• A landslide or a landslip is a movement in the ground


and a shallow flow of debris.
• The largest landslide in history happened because of
Mount St. helens. 3km of rock moved downhill.

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Conclusion

Natural disasters are the result of a hazard overwhelming highly


vulnerable community, often resulting in mortality and morbidity.
Over the past decade, over 300 natural disasters occur yearly
around the world affecting millions and cost billions. The disaster
cycle is a framework used to base a coordinated plan to respond,
recover, prevent, and prepare for a disaster. Access to clean
water, proper sanitation, food/nutrition, shelter, and the threat of
communicable diseases are concerns that have the potential to be
detrimental to the management of a natural disaster, slowing the
recovery process.

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Thank
By NITHYA KG
you

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