SCIENCE
EARTH SCIENCE
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Question
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A Volcano
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A light breeze
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Rain
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A traffic accident
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Detailed explanation-1: -Volcanic eruptions can result in additional threats to health, such as floods, mudslides, power outages, drinking water contamination, and wildfires.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why disasters are not natural. Volcanic eruptions and other extreme events are not ‘natural disasters’. The term ‘natural disaster’, despite being widely used, is problematic.
Detailed explanation-3: -Volcanoes are composite hazards. There are both primary and secondary hazards which can be caused by volcanic eruptions. The primary hazards include pyroclastic flows, air-fall tephra, lava flows and volcanic gases.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some of the most famous and beautiful mountains in the world are composite volcanoes, including Mount Fuji in Japan, Mount Cotopaxi in Ecuador, Mount Shasta in California, Mount Hood in Oregon, and Mount St.
Detailed explanation-5: -A volcano refers to a vent or opening through which magma, ash, gases, and water vapour are ejected out. Volcanic mountains contain – Magma chamber, Vent, Lava, Crater, and pyroclastic flow. Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa is one of the examples of the volcanic mountains. It refers to a dormant volcano present in Tanzania.