PPT-Natural Hazards and Disasters

Chapter 5 Tsunami Tsunami is a harbor wave Waves rise highest where focused in bays or harbors Tsunami have many causes S udden displacement of large volume of water Earthquake Volcanic eruptions. . Chapter 17 . Impacts of Asteroids and Comets. Projectiles from Space. Asteroids, comets and meteors cross Earth’s path. Asteroids and comets are known as . bolides. Asteroid Impact 65 million yrs ago. . Chapter 18 . The Future: Where Do We Go From Here?. We Are The Problem. Problems arise when people put themselves where they can be impacted by major natural events. Building in the floodplain. Building in lahar channels. Inter-relationship between Disaster and Development. FACTORS AFFECTING VULNERABILITY. Human Factors:. The severity of a disaster depends on both the physical nature of the extreme event and the social nature of the human populations affected by the event. Here are some important human factors that tend to influence disaster severity. A core point here is that . Prof. Dr. Jan D. Reinhardt. 1,2. 1. Institute . for. . Disaster. Management . and. . Reconstruction. . of. . Sichuan. University . and. Hong Kong . Polytechnic. University, Chengdu, China. 2 . Robert C. Newman. Only a century ago…. Many Bible commentators thought the disasters of Biblical prophecy were unrealistic.. So they saw:. Jesus’ descriptions of disaster in Matthew 24 as just the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70;. Individual labs must train new users on the safe usage of autoclaves.. Before use:. Check that autoclave is clear of any items left from previous use.. Check that door gaskets have not deteriorated. Loading. WP2.1 . & WP2.2 Development of master curricula in WB . HEIs. Prof. Giuseppe Tito . Aronica. University of Messina – Department of Engineering, . ITALY. Slavisa Trajkovic, M. i. lan Gocic. University of Nis, Serbia. Unit Four Emergency Management in the United States This unit describes emergency management in the United States It defines the four phases of emergency management as well as other important te Earthquakes. Fires. Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Volcanoes. Tsunamis. Extreme Cold & Heat. Floods. Most common disaster in the U.S.. Turn around, don’t drown. WCN 24/7. . Flooding Terms. Flood Watch – possible. Kerry Emanuel. Lorenz Center, MIT. Walter Orr Roberts. (1915-1990). Dedicated to Science in the Service of Society. Program. Hurricanes and Hurricane Disasters. Hurricane Impacts. Societal Response to Hurricanes. study of the distribution and control of health-related issues, including diseases . leaving an area to escape a potential disaster. the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. UNIT . – . III. Prepared By- . Dr. Rumana Khatun . Assistant Professor. P.G. Deptt. of Geography. Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar . . Tornadoes. A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of the earth with the base of a cumulonimbus cloud.. Tornadoes come in many different shapes and sizes but are in form of a funnel. . There narrow end touches the earth and has a cloud of dust and debris that flows with it. . Word Bank. Bioterrorism. Carbon monoxide. Epidemiology. Evacuation. Outbreak. Public Health. study of the distribution and control of health-related issues, including diseases . leaving an area to escape a potential disaster.