01. Natural Hazards
Interesting review of Tectonic Hazards as well as Climatic hazards.
What are the climatic related disasters shown in the video?
What are the tectonic related disasters shown in the video?
Why do people continue to live in areas threatened by natural disasters?
How do people mitigate the impacts of natural disasters?
Where are tectonic hazards commonly found?
What type of hazard is shown?
Where and when did the phenomenon take place?
Who were affected?
Why did the phenomenon take place?
How does the phenomenon affect the people?
Will tsunamis hit Singapore?,
Mexico Popocatépetl volcano erupted again in 2017. Read about it here - https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/09/20/deadly-mexico-city-earthquake-triggered-volcanic-eruption-leaves-at-least-217-dead/#253e23961b02
Mount Shindake volcano erupted in 2015 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/29/the-moment-japans-mount-shindake-volcano-erupts-in-spectacular-fashion
Poás in Costa Rica had its largest explosive eruption in years on 13 April 2017. Read about it here
https://www.wired.com/2017/04/costa-rican-volcano-sees-biggest-blast-years/
Mt St Helen erupted in 1980. Will it erupt again? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_eruption_of_Mount_St._Helens
Go to the website: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/ which shows different natural hazards occurring within the month at different parts of the world. When a particular location is clicked on, it will provide brief details of the type of natural hazard, date and location. When the picture is clicked on, it gives a detailed description of the hazard.