Natural Disasters

What are natural disasters?

A natural disaster is an event caused by natural forces of nature that often has a signficant effect on human populations.

Natural disasters are extreme, sudden events caused by environmental factors that injure people and damage property. Earthquakes, windstorms, floods, and disease all strike anywhere on earth, often without warning. As examples, we've chosen disasters that have occurred around the world throughout history.

How do natural disasters occur?

Natural disasters occur due to the activities of naturally occuring things. It really depends on what the specific event is.
Weather disasters occur due to changes in atmospheric conditions. Land disasters are primarily due to changes in the earth;s crust. For example volcanos and earthquakes. Water disasters: often are combination

There are many different natural disasters

Floods Earthquakes Hurricanes-cyclones Storm Tornado Landslide Avalanche Tsunamis

Volcano
eruption

 An Eruption may in itself be a disaster due to the explosion of the volcano or the fall of rock but there are several effects that may happen after an eruption that are also hazardous to human life. Lava may be produced during the eruption of a volcano a material consisting of superheated rock. There are several different forms which may be either crumbly or gluey. Leaving the volcano this destroys any buildings and plants it encounters.

Flood

 A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land.

Floods can also occur in rivers, when flow exceeds the capacity of the river channel, particularly at bends or meanders. Floods often cause damage to homes and businesses if they are placed in natural flood plains of rivers. While flood damage can be virtually eliminated by moving away from rivers and other bodies of water, since time out of mind, people have lived and worked by the water to seek sustenance and capitalize on the gains of cheap and easy travel and commerce by being near water.

Storm

 A storm is any disturbed state of an astronomical body's atmosphere, especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying severe weather. It may be marked by strong wind, thunder and lightning , heavy precipitation, such as ice (ice storm), or wind transporting some substance through the atmosphere. Tornado - A tornado is a violent, destructive wind storm occurring on land. Usually its appearance is that of a dark, funnel-shaped cyclone. Often tornadoes are preceded by a thunderstorm and a wall cloud. They are often called the most destructive of storms, and while they form all over the world, the interior of the United States is the most prone area, especially throughout Tornado Alley. Hurricane a violent tropical cyclone with winds moving at 73 or more miles per hour, often accompanied by torrential rains

Earthquake

 An earthquake (also known as a temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. Earthquakes are measured with a seismometer; a device which also records is known as a seismograph. The moment magnitude (or the related and mostly obsolete Richter magnitude) of an earthquake is conventionally reported, with magnitude 3 or lower earthquakes being mostly imperceptible and magnitude 7 causing serious damage over large areas.