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Natural Disaster
Natural Disaster
OY Rapid growth of population and increased concentration often in hazardous environment
has escalated both the frequency and severity of natural disasters
OY aeophysical Origin
OY marthquake
OY ¦olcanic eruptions
OY |and slides
OY ½limatic Origin
OY Drought
OY Ôlood
OY ½yclone
OY Ôorest fire.
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OY idal water or from unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface water from any
source
OY Rains, following storm and hurricane are heavy, brining unmanageable amount of water
causing floods
OY mffects of floods
OY ealth effects
OY Ôlood ^anagement
OY Ôlood forecasting
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OY Vtructural
OY aravel management
OY River alignment
OY con Vtructural
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1.Y Vhaking of earth caused by the pieces of the crust of earthVeismic waves start where a
large section of rock suddenly shifts
OY
^easures the energy released in an earthquake by
measuring the size of the seismic waves
OY
^easures the results of an earthquake such as the
shaking and damage the people actually feel and see
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OY uacific ocean- typhoons, Indian ocean- cyclones, corth tlantic- hurricanes
OY rnown to claim a higher share of deaths and destruction
OY ^eteorologists uses satellite images for monitoring storms, determine the strength and
intensity of a storm
OY ^ovement of rock and soil down a slope