natural disasters

TAMARA CASTAÑO

2ºBACH B

*NATURAL DISASTERS

INDEX

• Natural disasters

• Tsunamis

• Tornados

• Tri-State

• Earthquakes

• Conclusion

• Questions

NATURAL DISASTERS

• Shapes

• Disasters

• Types

TSUNAMIS

• Harbor wave

• Cause

• 20-100 feet

• 500mph

• Hawaii

• Papua- New Guinea-17

• Indian Ocean Tsunami

TORNADOES

• Column of air

• Funnel shaped

• Rocky mountains

• Thunderstorms

• Waterspout

• Types

• NOAA

• Chasers

• US 1925

• 15000 homes and 700 people

• 3.5hours across 219 miles

• Missouri, Illinois and Indiana

• US weather bureau

Tri- State Tornado

EARTQUAKES• Release of energy

• Fault line

• Richter Scale 1935

• 1.0-9.0

• Haiti 7.0

• Ring of Fire

• Valdivia 9.5

• Sumatra 9.1

CONCLUSION

• Harbor wave

• Sumatra

• Funnel shaped column of air

• Tri-State tornado

• Fault lines

• Valvidia 9.5

QUESTIONS

1. In what language does tsunami mean harbor

wave?

• Chinese

• Japanese

• Korean

2. When did the Tri-State tornado occured?

• 1915

• 1925

• 1952

QUESTIONS

3. Forecasters talked about tornadoes

existence in public in 1925.

• True

• False

4. The Ritcher Scale was invented by:

• Charles Ritcher in 1925

• Charlie Ritcher in 1945

• Charles Ritcher in 1935

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