environmental disasters by nemanja
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Nemanja Marjanovic IV-5
Poljoprivredno-hemijska skola Obrenovac
By the action of natural forces
Manifested as formation of earthquakes, fires, floods, droughts, avalanches, stormy weather ...
Wave height of 14 meters
It passed the Hudson and East River in New York
The sharks were swimming through the streets in torrents of water
More than 200 people lost their lives
Caused damage of $ 65 billion
The underground earthquake of 9 on the Richter scale .
March 2011 on the coast town of Sandy (Northeast Japan)
Consequence of the earthquake – it was followed by the explosion of three nuclear reactors at the plant "Fukushima Daiichi“
125,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed in the explosion of the reactor
20,000 people lost their lives
The economic damage in Japan amounted to 235 billion dollars
The most expensive natural disaster in history
Chernobyl is now a ghost town
April 26 1986 - an explosion at the nuclear power plant
Cause of the accident: unsafe reactor and insufficient expertise of the people.
Evacuated residents did not return to their homes
Death toll: a few hundred people, while it is estimated that over a million lost their lives due to damage to health.
Increased radioactivity has been felt not only in Europe but also in Japan and North America.
Twenty years later, Chernobyl is a popular tourist destination.
Centralia is an old mining town
Today it is a ghost town, with deadly carbon monoxide fumes from a country that burns forever
1962 - A fire broke out in the coal mines beneath the city
A fire burns today, and some experts predict that it could take another 250 years
Zip code of the city has been discontinued
Today there is no life in the city
Cyclone "Tamara" engulfed the area of Central and Southeast Europe 13 May
Center cyclonic field was over Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where between 13 and 15 May secreted large amounts of rainfall
Obrenovac was hardest hit by floods
90% of villages submerged.
The entire village of about 8700 inhabitants wasevacuated.