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DISASTERS (MOTHER NATURE AT ITS FINEST) - Coggle Diagram
DISASTERS (MOTHER NATURE AT ITS FINEST)
FLOODS
A PHENOMENON THAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WATER RISES A LOT IN RIVERS, LAGOONS, LAKES AND THE SEA
ONE OF THE MUCH DAMAGING FLOODS WAS IN HUANGHE (CHINA) WHICH KILLED 4 MILLION PEOPLE
HURRICANES
A HURRICANE IS A GIANT TROPICAL STORM CHARACTERIZED BY A CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE AND A SPIRAL ARRANGEMENT OF ELECTRICAL STORMS THAT PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS.
THE MOST DEADLY HURRICANE ON RECORD IS PROBABLY THE CYCLONE BHOLA IN 1970, WHICH TOWED THE GANGES DELTA IN BANFLADESH AND KILLED OVER 300,000 PEOPLE
EARTHQUAKES
AN EARTHQUAKE IS THE SUDDEN MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH, CAUSED BY SUDDEN RELEASE OF ACCUMULATED ENERGY OVER A LONG TIME
THE MOST DEADLY KNOWN EARTHQUAKE WAS IN SHAANXI WHICH SHAKED CHINA IN 1556, APPROXIMATELY KILLED 830,000 PEOPLE AND DESTROYED A LAND SECTION OF ABOUT 840 KM
VOLCANIC ERUPTION
ERUPTIONS ARE NATURAL EVENTS WHICH CREATE EMISSIONS OF ASH AND LAVA
ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL ERUPTIONS WAS THAT OF MOUNT TAMBORA IN INDONESIA IN THE YEAR 1815, WHICH KILLED 90,000 PEOPLE
AVALANCHE
THESE OCCUR WHEN IMMENSE LAYERS OF SNOW COME OFF ON ONE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN THE CULES ARE DISCHARGED WHILE GOING DOWN HILL
TSUNAMI
IT IS A WAVE THAT FORMS IN THE SEA AND IS CAUSED BY AN UNDERWATER EARTHQUAKE, A LANDSLIDE, A VOLCANIC ERUPTION OR THE FALL OF A METEORITE
THE 2004 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS TSUNAMIS AMONG THE WORST NATURAL DISASTERS IN HISTORY, AS IT KILLED 280,000 PEOPLE AND DESTROYED 14 COUNTRIES
WILDFIRE
THESE FIRES CAN SPREAD MORE EASILY IN A FOREST OR WILD LAND, AFFECTING ANIMAL HABITS, VEGETABLE FUELS AND BETWEEN OTHER THINGS.
THE WILDEST FIRE IN HISTORY OCCURRED IN PESHTIGO IN 1871, WHICH KILLED 2,400 PEOPLE
DROUGHT
THEY ARE PERIODS WHERE THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER IS VERY LITTLE THIS RPOVOCA THE DECREASE OF THE AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK POPULATION
ONE OF THE WORST DROUGHTS WAS IN CHINA WHICH LAST 4 YEARS UNTIL IT RAINED AGAIN
TORNADOES
A TORNADO IS A COLUMN OF AIR WITH A HIGH ANGULAR VELOCITY ITS LOWER END CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH AND ITS UPPER END CONTACT WITH A CUMULONIMBUS CLOUD
THE MOST DEADLY TORNADO WAS IN THE DISTRICT OF MANIKGANJ, BANGLADESH IN 1989. THE TORNADO KILLED ABOUT 1,300 PEOPLE.
