NATURAL DISASTERS CLASS V EVS

EARTHQUAKE IS A SUDDEN TREMOR FELT ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE

BUILDINGS COLLAPSE TRAPPING PEOPLE AND ALL VALUABLE THINGS

TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION GETS DISRUPTED

SUNFLOWER PLANTS DRYING OUT DUE TO LACK OF RAINS DROUGHT – WHEN THERE IS NO RAIN FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME A DROUGH T OCCURS SUNFLOWER PLANTS DRYING OUT DUE TO LACK OF RAINS

SEVERE DROUGHT IN PARTS OF CHINA

CRACKED SURFACE OF THE EARTH

DESTRUCTION OF FOOD CROPS IN DROUGHT HIT REGIONS

KATHINE DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA

TSUNAMI IS A WAVE TRAIN GENERATED IN THE WATER BODY BY SOME DISTURBANCES THAT CAUSES WATER TO GET DISPLACED

TIDAL WAVES CALLED TSUNAMI

EARTHQUAKES ,LANDSLIDES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS ETC CAN CREATE TSUNAMI

FLOOD IS AN OVERFLOW OF WATER THAT SUBMERGES LAND

THE 1931 CHINA FLOODS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF OVER 30 LAKH PEOPLE

FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA

HURRICANE IS A HUGE STORM THAT FORMS MAINLY OVER OCEAN WATERS

HURRICANE KATRINA

IKE HURRICANE IN 2008

TORNADO IS A VIOLENTLY ROTATING COLUMN OF AIR THAT IS IN CONTACT WITH BOTH THE EARTH’S SURFACE AND A CLOUD

TORNADO IS GENERALLY FUNNEL SHAPED AND ITS WIND SPEED MAY REACH 110KM PER HOUR

FIRE TORNADO

VOLCANO: IT IS AN OPENING IN THE PLANET’S CRUST THAT ALLOWS HOT GASES TO ESCAPE FROM BELOW THE SURFACE

BIG ISLAND VOLCANO

CLEVELAND VOLCANO – A VOLCANO ON THE OCEAN FLOOR

THE TERM VOLCANO ORIGINATES FROM ‘VULCAN’ MEANING THE GOD OF FIRE

THE HOT MOLTEN LAVA TAKES A LONG TIME TO COOL DOWN

ASH PLUMES REACHED A HEIGHT OF 19KM DURING A VOLCANIC ERUPTION AT MOUNT PINATUBO IN PHILLIPINES IN 1991

VOLCANO HAWAII KILAUEA

A CROSS SECTION OF A VOLCANO

A LANDSLIDE IS THE MOVEMENT OF ROCKS, DEBRIS OR EARTH DOWN A SLOPE

LANDSLIDE BRINGING DOWN ROCKS

LANDSLIDES CAN BE TRIGGERED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY OR BY NATURAL CAUSES

EXTREMELY SLOW LANDSLIDES MOVE ONLY MILLIMETRES OR CENTIMETRES A YEAR

LANDSLIDE AT KOZHIKODE