Natural disasters

are great changes

that can cause land

damages or affect

people’s lives and

other living things.

• Volcanic eruption

• Earthquake

• Cyclone or Hurricane

• Avalanche

• Flood

• Drought

• Forest fire or Bushfire

• Downfall

A volcano is an opening, or rupture, in the surface or crust of the Earth or a planetary mass object, which allows hot lava, volcanic ash and gases to escape from the magma chamber below the surface.

Hawaiian Eruptions Strombolian Eruptions Surtseyan Eruptions

Vulcanian Eruptions Lava DomesPlinian Eruptions

Most of volcanoes are located on theedge of tectonic plates and under water.

•Mount Vesuvius (Italy)

•Krakatoa (Indonesia)

•Mount St. Helens (USA)

•Mount Tambora (Indonesia)

•Mauna Loa (Hawaii)

•Eyjafjallajokull (Iceland)

•Mount Pelée (French Caribbean island)

•Thera (Greece)

•Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia)

•Mount Pinatubo (Philippines)