Natural Disasters

FIRST ACTIVITY:

1. Did you understand what a natural disaster is?

Please write a little paragraph explaining what you understand about natural disasters.

A natural disaster is a environment several damage and produce destruction and death. Natural disasters occur because of the permanent movement of the earth that are manifested through phenomena like earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, windstorms

2. Were you touched by Armero hazard? write a little paragraph describing what was awful for you.

When I watched the video of Armero hazard I felt so sad about all people that were dying, all destruction and overcoat Omaira, the girl that were stuck in the mud. I felt like a very lucky person and I think I have to thank that I have everything, my five sense, all my body and my family.

3. At the end of this page, you will find an attached power point presentation about natural disasters. It will help you learn about some different natural disasters.

• Go there click on naturaldisasters-.ppt

• Explain each one of the natural disasters that were presented here.

Volcanoes: The word volcano is defined as an opening in the land, especially in mountains where they regularly get out smoke, water vapor, gases, ash, rocks and lava. These episodes are called eruption that is caused by many features.

Earthquake: an earthquake is a severe tremor of the ground that is produced by the movement of the plates, they collide. So the waves of the crash produced the earthquake.

Cyclone, hurricane, tornado or typhoon:

Tornado is a strong, fast and violent whirlwind that causes great destruction in the environment, buildings, cars, etc.

Hurricanes: Hurricanes are large tropical storms with heavy and several winds.

Tornado: A tornado is basically a violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground level. Tornados are capable of several destruction. Damage paths caused by a tornado can be about one mile wide and 50 miles long.

Typhoon: a typhoon is A tropical cyclone occuring in the Western Pacific or Indian oceans.

Avalanche: Huge mass of ice and snow that breaks away from the side of a mountain and surges downward at great speed. And they can caused by snow melting, snow freezing, ski, earth tremor.

Floods: A flood is caused by an exes of water that cover the land.

Floods are caused by heavy rain and showers, snow melting, river blast.

Costal floods are caused because of the high tides, tsunamis and earthquakes under the sea.

Drought:: a drought is a shortage of water, rain. For example in Africa there

Was no rain for about five years.

Forest fire or bushfire: fires can begin in a forest or bush land, it can be caused bye lightening, bonfire, electricity... Wind can blow it and take it to other parts for example the city.

4. Watch this news, then answer the questions below :

• what is it about?

The video is about a tornado in Oklahoma in May 3, 1999. Two mans chased the twister on a car, as they were closed the storm grows. It was the fastest wind ever recorded on earth: 380 miles per hour. There was 44 died, 750 ranger and more than 10.000 homes destroyed.

• If you were there, how would you feel? Why?

5. Write about other 3 different natural disasters. Each one of them must have a definition and, if it is possible, the ways of being protected in case of this hazard. The following web pages can help you:

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters

http://laika.ed.csuohio.edu/sum97/mutti/mutti.home.html

Blizzards: A blizzard is a blinding snowstorm with strong winds of 35 miles or more per hour. The temperature can be as low as 10 degrees Fahrenheit and visibility less than 500 feet for

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