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NATURAL DISASTERS

NATURAL DISASTERS. CLASS V EVS. EARTHQUAKE IS A SUDDEN TREMOR FELT ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH . THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE. BUILDINGS COLLAPSE TRAPPING PEOPLE AND ALL VALUABLE THINGS. TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION GETS DISRUPTED.

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NATURAL DISASTERS

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  1. NATURAL DISASTERS CLASS V EVS

  2. EARTHQUAKE IS A SUDDEN TREMOR FELT ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE

  3. BUILDINGS COLLAPSE TRAPPING PEOPLE AND ALL VALUABLE THINGS

  4. TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION GETS DISRUPTED

  5. DROUGHT – WHEN THERE IS NO RAIN FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME A DROUGH T OCCURS SUNFLOWER PLANTS DRYING OUT DUE TO LACK OF RAINS

  6. SEVERE DROUGHT IN PARTS OF CHINA

  7. CRACKED SURFACE OF THE EARTH

  8. DESTRUCTION OF FOOD CROPS IN DROUGHT HIT REGIONS

  9. KATHINE DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA

  10. TSUNAMI IS A WAVE TRAIN GENERATED IN THE WATER BODY BY SOME DISTURBANCES THAT CAUSES WATER TO GET DISPLACED

  11. TIDAL WAVES CALLED TSUNAMI

  12. EARTHQUAKES ,LANDSLIDES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS ETC CAN CREATE TSUNAMI

  13. FLOOD IS AN OVERFLOW OF WATER THAT SUBMERGES LAND

  14. THE 1931 CHINA FLOODS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF OVER 30 LAKH PEOPLE

  15. FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA

  16. HURRICANE IS A HUGE STORM THAT FORMS MAINLY OVER OCEAN WATERS

  17. HURRICANE KATRINA

  18. IKE HURRICANE IN 2008

  19. TORNADO IS A VIOLENTLY ROTATING COLUMN OF AIR THAT IS IN CONTACT WITH BOTH THE EARTH’S SURFACE AND A CLOUD

  20. TORNADO IS GENERALLY FUNNEL SHAPED AND ITS WIND SPEED MAY REACH 110KM PER HOUR

  21. FIRE TORNADO

  22. VOLCANO: IT IS AN OPENING IN THE PLANET’S CRUST THAT ALLOWS HOT GASES TO ESCAPE FROM BELOW THE SURFACE

  23. BIG ISLAND VOLCANO

  24. CLEVELAND VOLCANO – A VOLCANO ON THE OCEAN FLOOR

  25. THE TERM VOLCANO ORIGINATES FROM ‘VULCAN’ MEANING THE GOD OF FIRE

  26. THE HOT MOLTEN LAVA TAKES A LONG TIME TO COOL DOWN

  27. ASH PLUMES REACHED A HEIGHT OF 19KM DURING A VOLCANIC ERUPTION AT MOUNT PINATUBO IN PHILLIPINES IN 1991

  28. VOLCANO HAWAII KILAUEA

  29. A CROSS SECTION OF A VOLCANO

  30. A LANDSLIDE IS THE MOVEMENT OF ROCKS, DEBRIS OR EARTH DOWN A SLOPE

  31. LANDSLIDE BRINGING DOWN ROCKS

  32. LANDSLIDES CAN BE TRIGGERED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY OR BY NATURAL CAUSES

  33. EXTREMELY SLOW LANDSLIDES MOVE ONLY MILLIMETRES OR CENTIMETRES A YEAR

  34. LANDSLIDE AT KOZHIKODE

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