By: Heidi Norris
WHAT ARE THEY?
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Tsunamis: A Tsunami is the Japanese for
“Harbour Wave” and is caused by an under
water disturbance such as a earthquake or
volcanic eruption.
Hurricanes: A Hurricane is a fierce storm which
can cause flooding and damages to buildings
such as house or shops.
Tornadoes: A Tornado is a violent rotating
column of extending air from a thunderstorm to
the ground.
Earthquakes: An Earthquake is caused by the
earths plates colliding. This can cause flooding
and also cause damage to buildings.
Volcanoes: A volcano is a mountain that opens
downwards to a pool of molten rock below the
surface of the earth.
PICTURES
WHAT IS THE RICHTER SCALE?
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Richter scale was developed by Charles
Richter in 1935. It is used to measure the
strength of the earthquake. The Richter scale
is measured from 1-10. 1 being the lowest and
10 being the highest
TSUNAMI’S: JAPAN
On March 11th 2011 a tsunami hit off the coast of
Honshu in Japan.
 The Earthquake/Tsunami churned up to 10metres
high.
 The official amount of deaths from the tsunami
was 12,690.
 On March 14th more than 1,000 bodies washed up
on shores.
 The coast was hit by more than 150 aftershocks in
the three days after the Earthquake.
 The Japanese Prime Minister has described this as
one of Japan’s worst disasters since World War II.
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THE JAPAN TSUNAMI!
TSUNAMI’S: THAILAND
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On December 26th 2004 the Indian Ocean Tsunami was caused
by an earthquake that is thought to have had energy of 23,000
atomic bombs.
It was under the Indian Ocean near the Indonesian island of
Sumatra with a magnitude of 9.0 at epicentre.
The movement of the tectonic plates in the Indian Ocean caused
a break of more than 600 miles long.
The tsunami slammed into the coastline of 11 Indian Ocean
countries from far east Africa to Thailand.
The Tsunami took its victims completely by surprise killing
150,000 people with the final death toll of 238,000.
The food and water got contaminated by rotting bodies in the
tropical heat.
The Thailand Tsunami
HAITI EARTHQUAKE
The Haiti earthquake was a magnitude of 7.0.
 3,500,000 people were affected by this
Earthquake.
 The estimated death toll was 220,000 people.
 More than 300,000 people were injured.
 Over 188,383 house were badly damaged,
105,000 destroyed and1.5 million were left
homeless.
 4,000 schools were damaged or destroyed.
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TORNADOES
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About 1,000 Tornadoes hit the U.S.A every year.
Tornadoes have occurred in every continent expect
Antarctica.
In 1896, a deadly tornado drove a piece of wood
through the Iron Eads Bridge.
The deadliest tornado in history was invisible. In
1925, the Tri-State Tornado had up to a mile wide
path and travelled for 220 miles across Missouri,
Illinois and Indiana at 60 to70mph. About 2,000
people were injured and about 700 killed.
Tornadoes last about 10 minutes but the deadliest
tornado last up to three and a half hours.
TORNADOES
HURRICANE KATRINA
On August 24th Hurricane Katrina formed in the
Atlantic ocean. It hit Miami causing major
flooding and power loss and death to 11 people.
 The Hurricane Katrina had winds up to 175mph.
 Katrina hit Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky and may have
even hit parts of Canada.
 Nearly 2,000 people died as cities were flooded,
buildings were destroyed and thousands had to
flee their houses.
 Hurricane Katrina was one of the four fiercest
US storms ever seen.
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HURRICANE KATRINA
VOLCANOES- POMPEII
On August 24 79AD Mount Vesuvius erupted in
Pompeii an ancient Roman city.
 2000 years later archaeologists discovered the
city of Pompeii.
 Pompeii was buried by a volcanic eruption. The
people in Pompeii had no chance to escape, the
city was quickly buried by volcanic ash.
 An estimated of 16,000 people died from the
eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
 You can now go and visit Pompeii and see how it
was 1,933 years ago.
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POMPEII
Thousands of people were
buried by volcanic ash
This is Mount Vesuvius
today
VOLCANOES
There is approximately 1,500 active volcanoes in
the world and about 10 dormant volcanoes in the
world.
 The exact amount of volcanoes in the world is
unknown but it’s roughly 1,510.
 There 168 volcanoes in the U.S.A.
 There 452 volcanoes in Asia.
 There are 65 volcanoes in New Zealand.
 There are 83 volcanoes in Europe but none of
them are active they are all dormant.
 Kraktoa was a gigantic explosion. Scientists said
it was as powerful as 25 atomic bombs.
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REFERENCE
I used the internet
Google images and
books for this project!
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