Evan's+Ideas

Three Natural Disasters: Flood: An overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, esp. over what is normally dry land. Causes/Problems: Heavy rainfall, Failure of structures that retains water, Snow-melt, High tides, High winds, Tsunamis, and lack of preparing for floods Solutions: Build better Levees/dykes/dams in places prone to flooding, a draining system for areas prone to flooding, build houses higher off the ground, expanding canals, straightening waterways to increase flow.

Earthquake: A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action. Causes/Problems: The movement of tectonic plates, Falling debris and buildings, and lack of predicting and preparing for earthquakes, Solutions: Building engineered to not fall during earthquakes, many shelters built for people to go to when earthquake sirens go off. []

Cyclone/Hurricane/Typhoon: A system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure, with a counterclockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression. Causes/Problems: Low pressure areas over water, warm moister bearing clouds that form over waters warmer than 79.7 degrees Fahrenheit, and lack of preparing for tropical storms. Solutions: Places built inland for people to go who live near the cost.