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What are Natural Disasters?


The World is always changing.
Natural disasters are changes which are so great they may cause damage to the shape of the land or to the lives of people and other living things.Great changes happen deep inside the Earth and on its surface. The changes on the outer part of the Earth happen because of different kinds of weather.

What are Natural Disasters?
• Volcanic eruption
• Earthquake
• Cyclone or Hurricane
• Avalanche
• Flood
• Drought
• Forest fire or Bushfire

Volcanoes
A volcanic eruption is the spurting out of gases and hot lava from an opening in the Earth’s crust.
Pressure from deep inside the Earth forces ash, gas and molten rock to the surface.


Earthquake
An earthquake is a violent shaking of the ground. Sometimes it is so strong that the ground splits apart.
When parts of the earth, called plates, move against each other giant shock waves move upwards towards the......

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