Natural Disasters

Can you name the natural disasters

shown in the coming slides?

It’s an avalanche!

What’s happening?

See how the snow falls down the

mountain!

A volcanic eruption!

What’s going to happen?

See how the plantation is burnt by the lava!

What has happened to the land?

If the drought continues, all the plants will die !

A tornado is approaching!

A tornado is also called a twister?

What will happen to the

buildings if they are in a

tornado’s way?

The buildings are all debris now!!!

What’s going on here?

In the Rodeo, Catamarca, there was a landslide !

See how the road is damaged!

A landslide is often caused by massive flooding

Look at the disaster caused by the flood!

Is this Venice? No. It’s Chinaon June 24, 2005

Are these cars or boats?

A tsunami is coming!

Are these boats going out surfing?

NO !

Look at the size of those waves!!!

Impressive!

It’s a heavy snow storm!

The visibility is really low today!

How deep, do you estimate, is the snow?

What’s on the ground?

Rain?

Snow?

http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/June2002/0607hail.htm

It’s a hail storm!

Imagine hail stones of this size hitting you on the head!

Many of the climatic changes you saw above are natural phenomena.

But sometimes they happen suddenly at unlikely times

in unlikely places.

Can you think of the causes?