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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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NATURAL DISASTERSCLASS 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
DROUGHT – WHEN THERE IS NO RAIN FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME A DROUGH T OCCURS
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SUNFLOWER PLANTS DRYING OUT DUE TO LACK OF RAINS
SEVERE DROUGHT IN PARTS OF CHINA
CRACKED SURFACE OF THE EARTH
DESTRUCTION OF FOOD CROPS IN DROUGHT HIT REGIONS
KATHINE DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA
TSUNAMI IS A WAVE TRAIN GENERATED IN THE WATER BODY BY SOME DISTURBANCES THAT CAUSES WATER TO GET DISPLACED
TIDAL WAVES CALLED TSUNAMI
EARTHQUAKES ,LANDSLIDES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS ETC CAN CREATE TSUNAMI
FLOOD IS AN OVERFLOW OF WATER THAT SUBMERGES LAND
THE 1931 CHINA FLOODS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF OVER 30 LAKH PEOPLE
FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA
HURRICANE IS A HUGE STORM THAT FORMS MAINLY OVER OCEAN WATERS
HURRICANE KATRINA
IKE HURRICANE IN 2008
TORNADO IS A VIOLENTLY ROTATING COLUMN OF AIR THAT IS IN CONTACT WITH BOTH THE EARTH’S SURFACE AND A CLOUD
TORNADO IS GENERALLY FUNNEL SHAPED AND ITS WIND SPEED MAY REACH 110KM PER HOUR
FIRE TORNADO
VOLCANO: IT IS AN OPENING IN THE PLANET’S CRUST THAT ALLOWS HOT GASES TO ESCAPE FROM BELOW THE SURFACE
BIG ISLAND VOLCANO
CLEVELAND VOLCANO – A VOLCANO ON THE OCEAN FLOOR
THE TERM VOLCANO ORIGINATES FROM ‘VULCAN’ MEANING THE GOD OF FIRE
THE HOT MOLTEN LAVA TAKES A LONG TIME TO COOL DOWN
ASH PLUMES REACHED A HEIGHT OF 19KM DURING A VOLCANIC ERUPTION AT MOUNT PINATUBO IN PHILLIPINES IN 1991
VOLCANO HAWAII KILAUEA
A CROSS SECTION OF A VOLCANO
A LANDSLIDE IS THE MOVEMENT OF ROCKS, DEBRIS OR EARTH DOWN A SLOPE
LANDSLIDE BRINGING DOWN ROCKS
LANDSLIDES CAN BE TRIGGERED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY OR BY NATURAL CAUSES
EXTREMELY SLOW LANDSLIDES MOVE ONLY MILLIMETRES OR CENTIMETRES A YEAR
LANDSLIDE AT KOZHIKODE