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TAMARA CASTAÑO
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*NATURAL DISASTERS
INDEX
• Natural disasters
• Tsunamis
• Tornados
• Tri-State
• Earthquakes
• Conclusion
• Questions
NATURAL DISASTERS
• Shapes
• Disasters
• Types
TSUNAMIS
• Harbor wave
• Cause
• 20-100 feet
• 500mph
• Hawaii
• Papua- New Guinea-17
• Indian Ocean Tsunami
TORNADOES
• Column of air
• Funnel shaped
• Rocky mountains
• Thunderstorms
• Waterspout
• Types
• NOAA
• Chasers
• US 1925
• 15000 homes and 700 people
• 3.5hours across 219 miles
• Missouri, Illinois and Indiana
• US weather bureau
Tri- State Tornado
EARTQUAKES• Release of energy
• Fault line
• Richter Scale 1935
• 1.0-9.0
• Haiti 7.0
• Ring of Fire
• Valdivia 9.5
• Sumatra 9.1
CONCLUSION
• Harbor wave
• Sumatra
• Funnel shaped column of air
• Tri-State tornado
• Fault lines
• Valvidia 9.5
QUESTIONS
1. In what language does tsunami mean harbor
wave?
• Chinese
• Japanese
• Korean
2. When did the Tri-State tornado occured?
• 1915
• 1925
• 1952
QUESTIONS
3. Forecasters talked about tornadoes
existence in public in 1925.
• True
• False
4. The Ritcher Scale was invented by:
• Charles Ritcher in 1925
• Charlie Ritcher in 1945
• Charles Ritcher in 1935
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