FA # 4

DIFFERENCES

• Natural disasters include things such as floods,
• volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, floods,
• tornadoes, landslides and hurricanes.
• Man made disasters can be divided into different categories and .
• they include technological hazards and sociological hazards

PROCESS/SKILLS # 2

AVALANCHES

• The worst avalanche happened in May 31, 1970.
• It took place in the coast off Peru.
• The estimate death toll is between 20,000 to 70,000 people.
• The most destructive landslide fell from Peru’s highest mountain, Mount Huascarán

BLIZZARDS

• The worst blizzard took place in Iran.
• It occured in February 3, 1972.
• Villagers were trapped benath up to 26 ft snow.
• It lasted until February 9.
• It took 4,000 lives.

TROPICAL CYCLONES

• It took place in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
• It occured on November 13, 1970.
• It's estimated death toll is 500,000.
• It produced devastating storm surge flooding.

EARTHQUAKE

• The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake occurred in China.
• It had happened in January 23, 1556.
• The earthquake was estimated to be at magnitude 8.
• It leveled mountains and altered the path of rivers.
• It had killed 830,000 people.

FLOODS/LANDSLIDES

• The 1931 China flood occurred in China.
• There were numerous floods that occurred in the Republic of China.
• But between July snd November 1931, China had experienced
• strange weather patterns.
• 1, 000,000 — 4,000,000 people had died.

HEATWAVES

• The 2003 European heatwave occurred in Europe.
• It had happened in the year 2003.
• It had physical impacts such as forest fires,
• melting glaciers, low river flows and lake levels.
• A total of 70,000 people had died.

LIGHTNING STRIKES

• It happened in Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes.
• It happened in April 3, 1856.
• The resulting explosion killed 4,000 people in and around the Palace,
• reducing it to a pile of rubble that sat on Rhodes for almost a century.

STORMS

• The 1999 Vargas Tragedy took place in Venezuela.
• It happened in December 15, 1999.
• Heavy rains over 14 days brought devastating floods
• and huge mudslides down from the Avila mountain.
• It's death toll is 15, 100 people.

TORNADOES

• The Daulatpur–Saturia tornado happened in April 26, 1989.
• It occured in Manikganj District, Bangladesh.
• Countless trees were uprooted and every home within
• a six square kilometer area of the tornado's path.
• It had killed 1,300 people.

TSUNAMIS

• The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami happened in December 26, 2004.
• It (obviously) occured in the Indian Ocean.
• It's death toll is 280, 000.

VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

• Mount Tambora is an active volcano in Indonesia.
• It happened in April 10, 1815.
• 92, 000 people had died during its eruption.