natural calamities:- drought floods earthquake tsunami
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Natural calamities:- Drought Floods Earthquake Tsunami. Drought :- where there is no rainfall for a long time. Floods :- water everywhere due to heavy rainfall. Floods washing away the shore. People have to move to safer places. Tsunami :- heavy tides from the seas and oceans. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Natural calamities:-
DroughtFloods EarthquakeTsunami
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Drought :- where there is no rainfall for a long time.
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Floods :- water everywhere due to heavy rainfall.
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Floods washing away the shore. People have to move to safer places.
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Tsunami :- heavy tides from the seas and oceans.
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Destruction due to tsunami
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Water rise to great heights.
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Earthquake:- buildings collapse
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Roads get divided and damaged
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People lose lives
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Trees get uprooted
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Gujarat – earthquake hit area
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The powerful earthquake that stuck the kutch area in Gujarat at 8:46 am on 26 January 2001 has been the mostdamaging earthquake in the last 5 decades in India.
The earthquake was felt in most parts of the country and a large area sustained damages . About 20districts in the state of Gujarat sustained damage. Several towns and large villages, like Bhuj , Anjaar , Vondh andBhachau sustained widespread destruction.
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Rescue operations to help the wounded people buried under the collapsed buildings.
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After effects of an earthquake :-
Roads get divided
Buildings collapse
trees get uprooted
Dams ,bridges collapse
Human beings and animals lose their life
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Earthquakes generate seismic waves which can be detected with a sensitive instrument called a seismograph.
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Mention the precaution you would likely take in case of an earthquake.
Rush to an open area.
Sit under a strong table.
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Evaluation
Name the instrument used to detect an earthquake.
Name two natural calamities.
Name the condition where there is no rainfall for a long time.
Heavy rainfall may lead to ------------------ in many places.