Ellie, Max, Michael and Katrina

 How it is triggered  Where avalanches occur  Restoring the damage  How often it occurs  Preparation  Consequences  A well known disaster  Cool facts

 Human activities  High pitched noises  Natural causes disturbing the land

 All over the world  Typically occurring in mountainous terrain

PPPPeople coming together as a community to restore the damage AAAAlso getting help from the Government

AAAAvalanches are more likely to occur after a storm TTTThey range in time depending on the size of the mountain

 Explosives are used to prevent avalanches  Fences are also put up to guide the snow

 Many homes are lost  Innocent people have died in avalanches

IIIIn Montroc, France 1999 a huge avalanche occurred 33330,000 cubic metres of snow slid down a 30 degree slope IIIIt reached 100km per hour 11112 people were killed

 Ice and rocks fall with the snow and destroys everything in it path  Avalanches can reach over 400km per hour  Avalanches can contain over 3 million cubic metres

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