LOGO UNIT 3 Tomašević Snežana

AVALANCHES

LOGO AVALANCHES  The world's largest recorded avalanche happened on 18 May, 1980 when Mount St. Helens erupted.  The eruption had the energy of 1000 Hiroshima-sized bombs and resulted an enormous amount of snow sliding down into the valley at over 150 miles per hour.  This is enough material to cover Washington, D.C. 14 feet deep.

LOGO Avalanche Mount St. Helens Before & After the Avalanche

EARTHQUAKES

EARTHQUAKES

LOGO EARTHQUAKES  The biggest earthquake recorded since 1900 hit the coast of southern Chile on 22 May,  The 9.5-magnitude earthquake killed more than 1,600 and left about 2 million people homeless.

FLOODS

LOGO  The 1931 China flood was the deadliest flood to be recorded in History.  It killed 2,000,000-4,000,000 people. FLOODS

LOGO HURRICANES

LOGO HURRICANES  Hurricanes are giant, spiraling tropical storms that can pack wind speeds of over 257 kilometers an hour which release more than 9 trillion liters of rain a day.

LOGO HURRICANES  The deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded was the 1970 Bhola Cyclone which hit East Pakistan (Bangladesh today) and India's West Bengal on 12November,  The exact death toll is unknown but it is estimated that 300, ,000 people perished in the aftermath of this storm.

LOGO LIGHTENING

LOGO TORNADOES

LOGO TSUNAMIS

LOGO FOREST FIRES / WILDFIRES

LOGO DROUGHT

LOGO VULCANIC ERUPTION

LOGO FAMINE

LOGO DEFORESTATION

LOGO Did you remember and how much?

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WHAT IS IT?  Sudden shake of the Earth  Storms that form in the warm ocean water  Form from thunderstorms and have the shape of a cone  A giant sea wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean/sea.  When a mountain opens up on the Earth’s surface and releases molten rocks.  A mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside.

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