EARTH SCIENCE
NATURAL HAZARDS
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coastal flooding
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tsunami
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hurricane
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tornado
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Detailed explanation-1: -A tsunami is a wave produced by a disturbance that displaces a large mass of water-usually a result of geologic activities such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, underwater landslides, or in rare geologic cases, meteor strikes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Geological Hazard: The geological events happening in the deep of earth’s crust or on its surface, which pose a threat to human life are known as Geological Hazards.
Detailed explanation-3: -Geological natural hazards are for example earthquakes, land slides, sinkholes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis.
Detailed explanation-4: -Landslides of all kinds, including seismically-triggered landslides, debris flows, mud flows, and rock falls. Mineral hazards such as asbestos, radon, and mercury. Volcanic hazards, such as ash fall, lava flows, lahars, pyroclastic flows, toxic gases, and volcanic landslides.