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NATURAL DISASTER

A disaster is an event that causes serious harm


to people, buildings, economies, or the
environment, and the affected community
cannot handle it alone.
Types of disasters

Natural Man-made Hybrid


disasters, disasters, disasters.
Natural
Disaster
A Natural Disaster is a
What is a sudden and
Natural devastating event
Disaster? caused by the forces
of nature.
Earthquakes
The sudden shaking of
the Earth’s crust is
known as an earthquake.

The place inside the


Earthquake Earth where the rocks
break is called the Focus.

The area on the Earth’s surface


directly above the focus is known as
the epicenter. The earthquake is the
strongest at the epicenter.
Effects of an Earthquake:
1. Earthquake causes damage to the building, bridges, dams...

2. Earthquake in many cases can cause great loss of life.

3. Earthquake can also cause floods and landslides.

Landslides, triggered by earthquake, often cause more


destruction than the earthquake themselves.

4. If the earthquake happens to be beneath the ocean floor,


they can lead to a tsunami.
Precautions
during
Earthquakes
Landslides 01
02

A landslide is Landslides
defined as the can be
movement of caused by
a mass of heavy
rock, debris, rainfall,earth
quakes or
or earth down
volcanoes.
a slope.
Effects:
Many landslides are minor and do not cause much
harm.

The natural beauty of the area is Loss of life and property


damaged.
It leads to the diversion of river
Landscape changes can be
water, which can cause floods as
permanent.
well.
Roadblocks Destruction of railway lines
Precautions:

Listen for any unusual sound that might indicate moving debris, trees
cracking or rolling boulders (large stones)

Stay out of the path of a landslide or debris flow.

Be alert during heavy rainfall and continuous damp weather.

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