Natural hazards

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Wondering what types of natural disasters might strike in your area? Our article discusses all things natural disaster-related to get you started!

In this lesson, students explore the effects of natural hazards, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and dust storms.

You don't need an eye of a geologist to identify and admire the different types of landforms around you. Being well-versed with the basic features of various landforms and their formation process will be more than enough.

Pakistan among 10 countries most exposed to natural hazards - The Express Tribune

The number of geophysical and natural disasters taking place each year is skyrocketing. The Borgen Project explores the frequency and strength of natural disasters to explain why geophysical and climatic disasters are on un upward trend.

Ecuador Earthquake 04.2016 Earthquakes! Raina experiences one and I actually have too! But it was minor and lasted for 3 seconds. #naturaldisasters

Know them

With the Natural Hazards 101 series, we meant to bring our readers closer to the terminology often used in the field of natural hazards, but that may not be so familiar. We started defining the very concept of hazard and natural hazard. We moved then to the concept of risk, which brought us to define exposure and vulnerability. In this episode, we will digest the disaster terminology provided by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction that is punctuated by the different terms…