1. Station 5

2. Your Task:  Using the chart titled, “People Perish” on the next slide, answer the questions on your graphic organizer in COMPLETE SENTENCES!  Afterwards, click on the links to view these types of disasters occurring in nature.

3. People Perish Some of the Worst Natural Disasters in History YearCountryTypeEstimated Death Toll 2011JapanEarthquake/Tsunami23,097 2010HaitiEarthquake250,000+ 2005PakistanEarthquake79,000 2004South AsiaEarthquake/Tsunami120,000+ 1999VenezuelaMudslides30,000 1998Central AmericaHurricane10,000 1991BangladeshCyclone/Floods130,000 1990IranEarthquake/Mudslides40-50,000 1988ArmeniaEarthquake100,000 1983ThailandMonsoons10,000 1976ChinaEarthquake255,000 1970BangladeshCyclone/Floods20,000 1959ChinaFloods2,000,000 1938-39ChinaFloods1,000,000 1931ChinaFloods3,000,000 1887ChinaFlood900,000 1886JapanEarthquake/Tsunami27,000 1883IndonesiaVolcano/Tsunami36,000 1815IndonesiaVolcano90,000 1780CaribbeanHurricane22,000 1556ChinaEarthquake830,000

4. Earthquakes:  Click each link to view earthquakes occurring in nature.  Link # 1 Link # 1  Link # 2 Link # 2  Link # 3 Link # 3

5. Floods:  Click each link to view floods occurring in nature.  Link # 1 Link # 1  Link # 2 Link # 2

6. Tsunami:  Click each link to view tsunamis occurring in nature.  Link # 1 Link # 1  Link # 2 – 2011 tsunami in Japan Link # 2

7. Tsunami: here here  Click here to view Thailand’s 2004 tsunami occurring in nature.here *** Keep in mind, the video is being shot from the balcony of a hotel and the waves you’re about to see reached 80- 100 feet in height. YIKES!