1. Natural Disasters

2. Top 5 Natural Disasters? (Most Common) 5. Tsunamis (highest foot tsunami- 1720ft) 4. Hurricanes (highest winds- 280) 3. Floods (highest flood- Unknown) 2. Earthquakes (highest magnitude- 9.5) 1. Tornadoes (highest rating-F5)

4. Disaster History: Hurricanes 2005, Hurricane Katrina - On Aug. 28, 2005, Hurricane Katrina had morphed from a weak Category 1 hurricane to a Category 5 tropical monster, heading straight to NO. Winds speeding up to 280km/h.

5. Disaster History: Tsunami’s July 9, 1958 an earthquake along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle loosened about 40 million cubic yards (30.6 million cubic meters) of rock high above the northeastern shore of Lituya Bay. From elevations as high as 1720 feet (524 meters) above sea level. Being the highest wave in history.

6. Disaster History: Tornadoes The 1851 Sicily Tornado: This tornado started out as two waterspouts then transformed into two multiple-vortex tornado was formed. Taking 500 peoples lives. 1989 The Daulatpur Tornado: April 26, a 1 mile wide tornado struck Daulatpur- Saulturia, claiming 1,300 lives and left 12,000 people injured. 2011 Joplin, Missouri Tornado: May 22 the city of Joplin was impacted by an EF-5 tornado. At its peak it was up to a mile wide with winds in excess of 200 miles per hour. The tornado was on the ground for 38 minutes and lasted 22.1 miles. The tornado was almost a mile wide. The Tri-state tornado remains to hold the record for being the worst and deadliest tornado to happen in the U.S. It being an E-F5 (highest rate) tornado. This disaster continued on for 3.5 hours and generated 8 more tornadoes.