PPT-Natural Hazards and Disasters

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. WORLD AT RISK. What you should achieve this lesson. Know some key terms in relation to the topic. Understand how to classify different hazard types. Recognise the difference between a natural hazard and a disaster. Statistics 2011. 332 Natural Disasters were recorded. Killed 30,773 people. 244.7 million victims of these disasters. Costs $366.1 billion. China, the United States, the Philippines, India and Indonesia constitute together the top 5 countries that are most frequently hit by natural disasters. . Cyclone . Thunderstorm. Wild fire. What is the connection between these pictures?. Tsunami . Land slide. What is the connection between these pictures?. Floods. Drought . Answers. Cyclone Thunderstorms Wildfire. . 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. Earthquakes, Tsunamis. Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Ice Storms. Volcano's. H1N1, . Zika. Virus. Forest Fires. Plague of Locusts. Joel. I. Something To Tell Your Children About . 1-4. Hear 2a. Question 2b. 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 . Essc311 - Kovacs. Natural Disasters. & Prevention. Analyze . and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects. . TECTONIC PROCESSES AND HAZARDS REVISION SUMMARY Aim: To create summary mind maps for each sub section To look at some typical A level style questions Kilauea: Earthquakes follow eruptions from Hawaii volcano (May 5 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. An opportunity for Switzerland!. First name, last name, member of PLANAT. Event, location, date. As a society, we are competent in dealing with risks – we manage risks from natural hazards in a conscious and forward-looking manner. . 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 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.