Disasters

Disasters

1. Tsunami Indonesia

   • What happened is a earthquake with a magnitude of about 7.3 shook the island of Japan and Equador. Thousands of people had to seek refuge in local refugee camps and hospitals were extremely full.
   • This is considered a disaster because it caused many people to lose their homes and buisnesses. It also caused many deaths and injuries. Another reason was that lots of natural resources were lost.

2. Hurricane Katrina

   • This is considered a disaster because the flood caused lots of people to drown and die. It also caused food and water to be scarce and most homes were destroyed by the floodwaters.
   • What happened is on August 23, 2005 to August 31, 2005 a big Hurricane started in the Bahamas into the Eastern United States. This hurricane was hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina caused 80% of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana to flood. It was the third most intense hurricane in the United States.

3. Nuclear War

   • What happened is there was a big war going on in the future. It was very disastrous and tragic. The war finally ended with a humongous atomic bomb falling in the city of Allendale California.
   • This is considered a disaster because the atomic bomb killed hundreds of people in a matter of seconds. After it fell most of the living things were soon dead and lot's of homes were destroyed.

4. Titanic

   • This is considered a disaster because it caused many deaths and injuries. After the disaster the Titanic was totally ruined at the bottom of the ocean and was not found for a very long time.
   • What happened is that in April of 1912 the Titanic sailed to the United States from Europe. On the Fifth day the ship was speeding at about 22 1/2 knots. The people keeping watch didn't see a huge iceberg until the last second. They thought it was a close shave, but they were wrong. The iceberg made the Titanic flood and sink into the cold ocean.