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A major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the EarthCan cause loss of life or property damage, and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake.

Natural Disaster

An illness or disorder that affects a particular species

Disease

A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time

Epidemic

A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster

Refugee

Definitions: A violently rotating column of air that is touching the ground and the clouds above it

Tornadoes

Examples•Happen all over the world•Very common in the Midwest and Plains States•In Early March 2012, 11 people were killed in Indiana because of tornadoes

Definition: A rotating storm with violent winds that usually starts in the CaribbeanExamples: Hurricane Sandy Hurricane Irene Hurricane

Katrina

Hurricanes

Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Irene

Hurricane Katrina

Definition: A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust

Earthquakes

Examples:•The New Madrid Fault Line•San Andreas Fault Line•Sumatra 2004

New Madrid Fault Line

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Sumatra 2012

Definition: A large sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbanceExamples: Sumatra 2004Japan 2011

Tsunamis

Definition: An overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, esp. over what is normally dry land

Floods

Examples: •2011 in Indiana and Ohio•Occurs everywhere on a regular basis•Often happens with hurricanes

Definition: the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic materialExamples: Pompeii, 79 ADKamchatka Volcanic Eruption 2012 (Russia)Eyjafjallajökull 2011 (Iceland)

Volcanic Eruptions

Definition: The sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff; the sliding down of a mass of snow and ice from a mountain or cliff

Landslides/Avalanches

Examples: •Tibet (last week)•Can happen anywhere with hills, mountains, or cliffs

Definition: A large, destructive fire that spreads quickly through forested areas

Examples: Colorado 2012Common on forested areas

Wildfires

Definition: A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time

Epidemics

•Examples: •H1N1 (Swine Flu)•SARS•HIV/AIDS•Malaria•Tuberculosis•The Black Death (Bubonic Plague)- 1300s

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