If a volcano erupts in Antarctica, where no human is affected, is it a natural disaster? What about an earthquake that no one feels? Well, these are actually considered natural hazards, not natural disasters. The difference between a natural disaster and a natural hazard is that a natural hazard has the potential to cause damage to people, but doesn't necessarily, while a natural disaster is a natural hazard that affects human populations. For example: Volcanoes are natural hazards because they have the potential to erupt and affect humans. Mt. Pinatubo, a volcano, erupted in the Philippines in 1991 destroying communities and taking the lives of 300 people, making the Mt. Pinatubo eruption a natural disaster.
|
LESSON OneWhat kinds of natural disasters are there?
LESSON FOUR
SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL |
LESSON TwoHow can we save our city?
LESSON FIVE
SEISMOLOGY LESSON 7
VOLCANIC PANIC |
LESSON ThreeHow do earthquakes form?
LESSON SIX
TSUNAMI LESSON 8
TORNADO! |
LESSON 9
LANDSLIDE |
|