1. Environmental emergencies
SECOND GRADE – UNIT 2 PART1
Environmental emergencies
INTRODUCTION

2. what IS AN ENVIROMENTAL EMERGENCY?
It’s a sudden disasters or accidents resulting from natural, technological or human-induced factors, or a combination of these, that causes or threatens to cause severe environmental damage as well as loss of human lives and property.

3. List of top 9 environmental disasters
Hurricane
Earthquake
Tsunami
Flood
Forest fire
Toxic-waste dumping
Oil spill
Ice storm
Influenza

4. hurricane
A hurricane is a type of storm called a tropical cyclone, which forms over tropical or subtropical waters.

5. earthquake
It’s a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.

6. tsunami
It’s a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.

7. flood
It’s a common natural disaster when water inundates land that is normally dry.

8. Forest fire
It’s an uncontrolled fire occurring in nature resulting from natural or human factors.

9. Toxic-waste dumping
It’s an uncontrolled fire occurring in nature resulting from natural or human factors.

10. Oil spill
It’s the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution.

11. Ice storm
It’s a heavy fall of snow, especially with a high wind and extreme temperatures.

12. influenza
It’s a heavy fall of snow, especially with a high wind and extreme temperatures.