How do natural disasters affect our world? Natural Disasters are natural events that kill people damages property or the Environment. There are many different kinds of natural disasters, some of which are common and others of which only happen occasionally. The three Disasters I am going to tell you are Tsunamis, Earthquakes, and Floods all of these are deadly. But all of these disasters cant be avoided, people can learn from their effects and be prepared for the aftermath. So look out for the Disasters.
TSUNAMIS: Tsunamis occur in all parts of the word. A Tsunami is an ocean wave or group of waves caused by a giant movement of the seabed, usually an earthquake. The Tsunami reaches land, the waves increase size and crash ashore, causing terrible damage to low-lying coastal areas. the Tectonic plates in this area had been pushing against each other, they continue to do so and will likely cause underwater earthquakes and Tsunamis in the future. A tsunami is a series of waves, and the first wave may not be the most dangerous. A tsunami wave train may come five minutes to an Hour.
On 26 December 2004 near the west cost of the Indonesian island of Sumratra . The violent movement of sections of the Earths crusts known as tectonic plates displaced an enormous amount of water, sending powerful shock waves in every direction. Measuring 9.0 and 600 miles long created tsunamis that killed 200,000 people in 11 countries and including 155 British citizens. Some of the waves we were as high as 10 metres, taller than a three- storey building. More of the immense waves raced to Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, and African. Tsunamis make damage but look out for over disasters.
2004 Tsunami hits The Tsunami Jacob P 5/6/14
EARTHQUAKES:
Earth quakes occur in all parts of the world. Earthquakes dont kill people buildings do. Earthquake a shaking of the Earths surface. When the ground shaks, everything attached to it also shaks. They occur when Layers of underground rock suddenly change position. Scientists think that more than 8,000 small earthquakes happen every day, but we do not feel most of them. There are three types of Earthquakes tectonic, Volcanic and explosion. It can take less than a minute for an earthquake to destroy everything.
In July 1201, The Historys Deadliest Earthquakes, a powerful earth quake struck the area around the east Mediterranean Sea. More than one million people died. Most of the deaths were in the area that is now the countries Egypt and Syria, No other earth quakes ever recorded has killed so many people. That is scary. Earthquakes make damage but look out for over disasters Floods: Floods occur in all parts of the world. A flood occurs when a large amount of waste covers land that is usually is usually dry.. Heavy rain and storms can cause flooding, mudslides and landslides. Many floods take several days or weeks to build up, but flash floods can for in just a few hours. A heavy downpour of rain in one place quickly fills gorges and valleys. Some flash floods occur in deserts the last place you might expect a flood. In 1993, heavy rain caused flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers in the U.S.A. Towns were destroyed in the city of St Louis, where the rivers meet, some places remained underwater for 200 days, the flooding caused $20 billion worth of damage. 1990 floods from the Mississippi and Missouri rivers Hits How a flood looks An earthquake Jacob P 5/6/14 All of the disaster are deadly and people get home less because all of their homes are destyed our building are as well and the another disaster are deadly as well and the another disaster are deadly as well as Tsunami, Earthquakes and Floods. The most deadliest disaster is the
Glossary: increase -become or make greater in size seabed- The ground under the sea or the ocean floor Wave train- a group of waves of equal or similar in the same direction. tectonic plates- massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock