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Understanding Natural Disasters

The document discusses various natural disasters, including tsunamis, floods, and earthquakes. Tsunamis are destructive harbor waves that lead to significant loss of life and property. Floods are categorized into flash floods, which occur suddenly and without warning, and river widespread floods, while earthquakes are caused by the movement of molten lava and can cause extensive damage.

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Understanding Natural Disasters

The document discusses various natural disasters, including tsunamis, floods, and earthquakes. Tsunamis are destructive harbor waves that lead to significant loss of life and property. Floods are categorized into flash floods, which occur suddenly and without warning, and river widespread floods, while earthquakes are caused by the movement of molten lava and can cause extensive damage.

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Natural disasters

Made by - Pearl
Tsunami
What is tsunami ?
A tsunami is a basically a harbour wave.
It causes a lot of destruction and loss of
property. There is loss of human life and
livestock.
Floods
There are basically two types of floods.
The flash floods and river widespread
floods.
The flash floods cause a lot of
destruction and there is no time to issue
a warning. The flash floods can occur in
minutes or even in seconds.
Earthquakes
How are
earthquakes
caused ?
The earthquakes are caused
because of the movement in the
molten lava under the earth. The
earthquake radiation can
sometimes go until 1000 miles
away from the hypocente. These
earthquakes are
the shaking of the ground. These
earthquakes cause a lot of
destruction.

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