Natural Disasters

What is a flash flood?

• A sophisticated flood
• Power lines fallen in flood waters
• A deep flood
• A flood that happens fast with little warning

What occurs when water flows or collects over land that is usually dry.

• dam
• flood
• floodway
• levee

A Disaster or Catastrophic Event is

• Any hurricane
• Something that causes great damage and harm
• Unavoidable
• Unforseable

A Disaster or Catastrophic Event is

• Any hurricane
• Something that causes great damage and harm
• Unavoidable
• Unforseable

What disaster is this?

• Drought

• Hurricane

What disaster is this?

• Blizzard

• Tornado

What disaster is this?

• Drought

• Hurricane

What disaster is this?

• Earthquake

• Tornado

What causes droughts?

• Too many cows eating all the grass.

• Lots of dust on the surface of the earth.

• High temperatures and low rainfall

• Africa

What causes earthquakes?

• Violent shaking of the ground

• Cracks in roads and buildings

• Tectonic plate movement

• Volcanic eruptions