1. Natural Disasters in Ukraine

2. The territory of Ukraine is quite large, so it may be a variety of natural disasters. Floods Landslides Tornadoes Forest and steppe fires

3. Floo d Floods are different from other natural disasters that are predicted to some extent. But to predict the likelihood of floods and lots easier than expected time of start The main direction of flood control is to reduce the maximum water discharge in the river due to redistribution of flow time (planting shelterbelts, riparian strips of vegetation conservation, etc.). For medium and large rivers are fairly effective means of regulating flood runoff using reservoirs. In addition, for flood protection is widely used long-known method - the placement of dams.

4. Landslides Landslides - a slick shift masses of rocks down the hill arising from the imbalance. Landslides occur because of weakening and weathering of rocks, reckless human activities and so on., There was a landslide by the side of the national road Lviv-Sambir- Uzhgorod, near the village Zhornava on 2 March.

5. Tornadoes Tornado causes destruction of buildings, the destruction of various techniques, movements of air flow vortex tornado able to lift cars, trains, bridges and so on. There are tornadoes in Ukraine, the southern tornadoes are observed in the Black and the Azov seas.

6. Forest and steppe fires Fires - is uncontrollable combustion process which causes loss of life and destruction of property. The causes of fires are the careless contact with fire, violation of fire safety, lightning, and drought. It is known that 90% of fires are the fault of a man and only 7.8% caused by lightning.