EARTH SCIENCE
NATURAL HAZARDS
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Natural hazards happen in nature.
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Hazards and disasters include earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes.
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Natural hazards involve human impact from a natural hazard.
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Hurricanes and tsunamis are natural disasters, but earthquakes and volcanoes are hazards
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Detailed explanation-1: -A tsunami is a series of waves or surges most commonly caused by an earthquake beneath the sea floor. Tsunamis can cause great loss of life and property damage in coastal areas. Very large tsunamis can cause damage to coastal regions thousands of miles away from the earthquake that caused them.
Detailed explanation-2: -They are earthquake, mass movement, volcanic activity, flood, landslide, wave action, convective storm, extratropical storm, extreme temperature, fog, tropical cyclone, drought, glacial lake outburst, wildfire, animal incident, disease, insect infestation, extra impact, airburst, and space weather.
Detailed explanation-3: -The different types of natural hazards include: Geophysical hazards (e.g., earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis). Hydrological hazards (e.g., floods). Meteorological hazards (e.g., cyclones and storms).
Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of natural hazards include: avalanche, coastal flooding, cold wave, drought, earthquake, hail, heat wave, hurricane (tropical cyclone), ice storm, landslide, lightning, riverine flooding, strong wind, tornado, typhoon, tsunami, volcanic activity, wildfire, winter weather.