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Ellie, Max, Michael and Katrina.  How it is triggered  Where avalanches occur  Restoring the damage  How often it occurs  Preparation  Consequences.

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1 Ellie, Max, Michael and Katrina

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

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

4  All over the world  Typically occurring in mountainous terrain

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

6 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

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

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

9 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

10  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

11  www.wikipedia.com www.wikipedia.com


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