TSUNAMI

Physical phenomenon caused either by rapid or slow on set events which can be geophysical, hydrological, meteorological, and biological and climatologically hazards.

• Slow on set hazards

• Natural Hazards

• Rapid on set hazards

• Tsunami

They are extreme natural events in the crust of the earth that pose a threat to life and property.

• GEOLOGICAL  HAZARD

• HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL HAZARDS

• Natural Hazard

• Biological hazard

It is a process or phenomenon of atmospheric, hydrological, or oceanographic nature

• GEOLOGICAL  HAZARD

• HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL HAZARDS

• Natural Hazard

• Biological hazard

• effects occur as a result of the primary effect

• Primary Hazard

• Secondary Hazard

• Tertiary Hazard

• caused by direct interaction or result

• Primary Hazard

• Secondary Hazard

• Tertiary Hazard

•  long term effect of natural  disaster

• Primary Hazard

• Secondary Hazard

• Tertiary Hazard

• commonly generated by under-the-sea earthquakes and whose heights could be greater than five meters. 

• earthquake

• tsunami

• fire

•  the source usually earthquakes and landslides or pyroclastic flows. It can reach the shoreline within two to five minutes. 

• Local Tsunami

• Far field or distant tsunamis

• These tsunamis are mainly coming from the countries bordering the Pacific Ocean like Chile, Alaska in the USA and Japan. 

• Local Tsunami

• Far field or distant tsunami

• If you live in a coastal area, ask your council about your tsunami risk and local warning arrangements.

• BEFORE TSUNAMI

• DURING TSUNAMI

• AFTER TSUNAMI