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Natural disaster - Coggle Diagram
Natural disaster
Tornados
Violently rotating area
Using actual damage to measure
Wind duration is a factor
Warm moist unstable airs
May Generate large hails
Can destroy entire cities
Landslide
25 to 50 deaths in US
Geological activity
Gravitational forces are the cause
Human activity also causes landslides
Lack of resources
Flood
Costly and frequent
Kill more than 100 ppl
4.6 billion dollars in cost each year in US
rainfall intensity and duration are factors
When prolong over a long time and intense rain for a few days
Lighting
collision is the cause
Temperature up to 54 thousand degrees
Hundreds of lighting strikes every second on earth
hits in area in variation of temperature
Volcanos
vent through which molten rock escapes
Built by surface tension
When pressure become too great it erupts
individual ranges can lay dormant for years
Earthquake
Sudden shaking of platonic plates
The ground shaking can cause mudslides and can damage property and people
may create sinkholes
More dangers can be the aftermath of earthquakes
Wild fires :
Three different types of wildfires
4 out of 5 of wildlandires are started by humans
Can wipe out wildlife while burning for weeks
Hurricanes
hit over tropical areas
moves at 70 to 200 miles per hours
Cause a lot of damage
Tsunami
caused by oceanic disruptions
Mostly hit costal areas and have more poewr in water
power increases has exponentially high height when reaching costal areas
Thunderstorm
All thunderstorm are dangerous
Cause a lot of lighting