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Top 10 Infamous Natural Disasters of the Last 100 Years

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what r well

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are these events prove the

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awesome and destructive power %uh nature welcome to watch motor dot com

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and today will be counting down our picks for the top 10 infamous natural

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disasters at the last 100 years

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I don't think anybody man realized how bad it was until it was over

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number ten 1992 hurricane andrew

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we start our list with a natural disaster that wasn't particularly deadly

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but was very expensive for the time nineteen ninety two's hurricane

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Andrew was a category four hurricane the touchdown mainly

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in the Bahamas Florida and Louisiana in late August

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with over forty billion dollars worth of damages resulting from this event

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Andrew was the most expensive tropical cyclone to hit the US to that point

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until it was overtaken in 2005 number nine

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2005 Hurricane Katrina Petrino was a huge story internationally

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both for its devastation and for the government's handling

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at the aftermath on August 29th 2005

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it began ripping apart homes and ultimately left the region

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underwater casualties wanted massive other entries on this list

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but property damage top 100 and eight billion

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Katrina was the United States most expensive hurricane

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ever and it left New Orleans struggling to get back on its feet

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number eight 2008 Sichuan earthquake

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a magnitude 8 earthquake in China may 12 2008

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only to be followed by a series of strong aftershocks

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the resulting homelessness and loss of life was shocking

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but the financial burden was overwhelming the chinese government

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announced it would be spending over 140 six and a half billion dollars to

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rebuild

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after the costliest disaster in the country's history number seven

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2008 Cyclone Nargis on May 2nd 2008

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just a few days prior to the devastating earthquake in nearby China

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Burma was hit by its worst ever natural disaster

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low-lying areas like rice field offered little protection for residents

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damages a ten billion dollars were reported and it has been suggested the

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casualties were purposefully

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underestimated to reduce negative political consequences

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number six 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami

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measuring and nine on the richter scale this March 11th 2011 disaster

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was Japan's strongest earthquake ever and one of the most powerful to a struct

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anywhere since 1900

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because the quake's epicenter was off Japan's coast a violent tsunami followed

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and destroyed everything

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in its wake perhaps the scariest part in this calamity

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where the ensuing meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant

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damage in the entire event has been estimated at $235 billion dollars

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making it the costliest natural disaster ever

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number five 1976 tension

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earthquake this densely populated Chinese city

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was shocked in the early morning hours of July 28 1976

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by huge earthquake followed by a magnitude seven

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aftershock just hours later this was China's second deadliest earthquake

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after another that occurred in 1556 the Chinese government rejected help in the

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aftermath

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and was heavily criticized for ignoring early warnings by seismologist

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the official death toll Rangers greatly from 242,000

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to 655,000 number four

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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

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14 countries were touched by this December 26 2004 disaster

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and the most serious devastation was seen in Indonesia

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Sri Lanka and Thailand monster tsunami waves almost 100 feet high

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ravaged coastal cities following the 9.3 magnitude earthquake

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this quake was so strong because the entire planet to vibrate tour people

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from their families

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and cause devastation that lasted years number three

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1970 Bhola cyclone this with the deadly cyclone in recorded history

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and hit East Pakistan on November 12 1970

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at its peak sustained winds of 115 miles per hour thrashed the region

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however most people died due to flooding because it a violent storm surge that

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followed

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entire island in villages were destroyed and the government was accused

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a mishandling the aftermath number two

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2010 Haiti earthquake the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti's most populated

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area on January 12 2010 hundreds of thousands of deaths were caused by the

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country's four

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infrastructure and despite immense support from across the globe

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over one million people found themselves homeless in its wake

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number one 1931 central China floods

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coming in at number one is the deadliest natural disaster in modern history

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when the yellow young see and why rivers flooded in 1931

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millions of people died due to drowning famine and disease

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the Yellow River is actually considered the deadliest river in the world

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since it is flooded over 1,000 times in the past two millennia

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while the death toll at the 1931 event was tragic

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it has been suggested that up to one quarter and the Chinese population

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a roughly $51 million people were affected in some way by this catastrophe

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are

Monday, December 1, 2014

Tornadoes: Tornadoes 101

Tornados:

Complete the missing information.

1. Tornados swirling winds can reach up to _______________ per hour.

2. About ________________twisters hit the US every year.

3. The meeting of warm air form the Gulf of Mexico and cold air from Canada produces __________________

4. Warm moisture flows into a storm and is pushed up and ___________ by upper level winds.

5. Although they don’t last long it can take years to recover from ______________________ .
6. Tornados in the US cause millions of dollar worth _______________________ .
7. While people look for ________________ during a Tornado scientists raise to meet it.
8. When they finally locate a twister they _________________ it .
_____________________ could safe more lives.

7. 300 miles, 800, violent thunderstorms, (called supercells) twisted, the devastation, of damage. safety, measure, better forecasting.

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Plans to save African elephants

Listen to the news item and fill in the gaps.

1. In Tsavo, pilots and counters are using _____________________ to help quantified elephants in wildlife conservation area.

2. FRANCIS FUZZ DYER has been _________________________ for a long time.

3. The population of elephants has been recorded as the smallest _________________ .

4. The number of elephants is down because _____________________ is still a huge problem.

5. Another challenge animals face is the __________________________ available for them to disperse to.

6. New laws were introduced in Kenya in an effort to stop the flow of _____________ out of Africa.

7. The new law _____________________________ a lot of poaching in the country.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Can Animals Predict Disaster?

Watch the video and find out

One Step Beyond: Predicting Earthquakes

One Step Beyond: Predicting Earthquakes

Watch the video clip and fill in the missing information.

1. Jim claims to have predicted 100 earthquakes in the past ______________ .

2. Jim believes that up to two weeks before an earthquake the number of pets that ______________________________increases.

3. In ____________________he knowledge 18 missing cats and 58 missing dogs

4. He has a ____________________of people from various countries that report on what the animals are doing.

5. A Japanese scientist has shown that animals are sensitive to ________________________________produced by seismic activity.

6. Just every animal checked has the __________________Magnetite in its body.

7. Tides tell him the time of a high probability for a quake but don’t tell him _______________________________

8. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami occurred during a _____________ Zyzygy .

9. Iit was reported in all National Parks birds and animals had fled to higher grounds and in coastal areas animal were found __________________

Answers: 30 years, go missing, 1089, network, electromagnetic waves, mineral, where and how big, full moon, unharmed.

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