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The History Of Tsunami’s, Hurricanes Tornadoes Volcanoes and Earthquakes. By: Heidi Norris. What are they?. Tsunamis: A Tsunami is the Japanese for “Harbour Wave” and is caused by an under water disturbance such as a earthquake or volcanic eruption.
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The History Of Tsunami’s, Hurricanes Tornadoes Volcanoes and Earthquakes By: Heidi Norris
What are they? • 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.
What is the Richter Scale? • The 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.
Tsunami’s: Thailand • 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.
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.
Tornadoes • 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.
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.
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.
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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