TSUNAMIS

WHAT IS A TSUNAMI?

• A tsunami is a series of waves that send surges of water reaching up to 100 feet.

WHAT CAUSES TSUNAMIS

• The first cause is from underwater earthquakes
• The second cause is from underwater volcanos

TYPES OF TSUNAMI

• Local-destruction 100 km from source of tsunami(-1 hour arrival time)
• Regional-destruction 100-1000 km from source of tsunami(1-3 arrival time)
• Distant-destruction 1000+ km from source of tsunami(3+ arrival time)

THE WORST TSUNAMI SINCE 2000.

• The 2004 indin ocean tsunami.
• Killed 150,000 and injured hundred thousands more.
• Thought to had the power of 23,000 Hiroshima type atomic bombs.

THE WARNING SIGNS.

• The first sign is a rumbling sound and the ground shaking
• The second sign is shallow water reseeding or falling back in the the ocean
• The you see huge swells of water coming on shore,the tsunami has hit.

EFFECT OF TSUNAMIS

• Billions of dollars rebuilding and recovering

DO ANIMALS HAVE A 6TH SENSE?

• Sciencetist have said that there were nearly no animal deaths in the 2004 tsunami
• Because the animals acted strange and and broke lose from thier chains and headed for high ground.

MEASURE AND PREDICT

• Satellites and seismographs are used to See tsunamis in the ocean still forming.
• Hydrophones are used to measure tsunamis.

CITES

• www.examiner.com/article/can-animals-sixth-sense-help-us-survive-natural-di...
• Enviroment.nationalgeographic.com/enviroment/natural-disasters/tsunami-prof...