Natural disasters Rachel by Charlotte BERGSMA

Bangladesh Daulatpur-Saturia-Tornado

2023-10-24 04:45:57 UTC

- April 26th 1989
- 1,300 people died
- The deadliest tornado
- Hit at 6:30 pm
- Travelled 1.6 km
- 80,000 was made homeless
- 1 hour - 1 hour and 30 mins

Indian Ocean - Tsunami

2023-10-24 04:50:49 UTC

Date - December 26 2004
The tsunami travelled 500mph a jet plane speed.
It lasted 7 hours
The total damage was $20449741000
167,000 lives where lost
It travelled 4828km
It went to Africa
it still arrived to destroy properties and kill people
400 bodies are still missing
There where 17 countires that where affected:
Indonisea, Thailand, India, Sri-Lanka, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangledesh, Maldives, Reunion Island, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius, Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya, Oman, South Africa
By Kiara

Lisbon, Portugal - FLOOD

2023-10-24 04:53:06 UTC

- On the 1st of November in 1755 there was a massive tsunami.
- A magnitude that was 8.5 earthquake caused a series of three huge waves to strike various little towns.
- The towns where along the west coast of Portugal and southern Spain.
- It was up to 30 m high.
- It killed 60,000

Bangladesh-Bhola

bergsmac291_1 — 2023-10-24 04:55:20 UTC

- Hurricane was in Bhola
-In south Asia
-The biggest hurricane in the world
-300,000 people died
-It started 7 November 1970
-it ended 13 November 1970
-The hurricane went on for 6 days

Pompeii , Italy- volcano

2023-10-31 04:32:53 UTC

- Around 2,000 people died

- 300 are known to have died in Herculaneum

- 16,000 people died in total

- Ash came to the sky and everyone turned into stone

- Ejecting hot ash at 1.5 million tons per second

- The event destroyed several roman towns in the area

Hunter Valley, NSW - FLOOD

2023-10-31 04:38:00 UTC

February 1934

24 deaths
59 homes destroyed
5200 homes flooded
40,000 + people evacuated
Majority deaths around Singleton and Maitland
40 towns been flooded

Yellow River, Jinan, China Flood 1887

bomfordhoathk29_1 — 2023-10-31 04:45:13 UTC

In 1887

15,000 square kilometers

caused by heavy rainfall

2million peoples homes was lost

900,000 people died due to lack of food, clean water and healthcare.

29 Melbourne VIC - FLOOD

2023-10-31 04:47:52 UTC

36 deaths
6000 homeless
400 + buildings damaged
Late November
140mm of rain fell
Over 48 hour period
350mm over two day period
18 people drowned
18 killed in collapsed buildings

Colombia, Nevado Del Ruiz volcano

bomfordhoathk29_1 — 2023-11-07 04:45:35 UTC

Erupted on - November 13 1985

Eruptions have been documented since 1570 CE

Killed over 23,000 people

Destroyed more than 5,000 homes

Injuring over 5,000 people

hardest hit was Armero town