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

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.

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.