Natural Disaster

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• The term natural disaster refers to the loss of materials and human lives caused by natural events or phenomena, such as earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, landslides

1. Volcano

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   • a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapour, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
   1. Vesuvius

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      • Mount Vesuvius is an active volcano of the Vesuvian type located in front of the Bay of Naples and nine kilometers away from the city of Naples. It is located in the metropolitan city of Naples, belonging to the Italian region of Campania
   2. Purace

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      • The Puracé volcano is located in the Colombian department of Cauca, on the central mountain range. It is located within the area of ​​the Puracé National Natural Park, specifically at the geographical coordinates 2 ° 19 '01 N and 76 ° 23' 53 W, at a distance of 52 km SE from the city of Popayán
   3. Galeras

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      • El Galeras is a volcano in southern Colombia, located nine kilometers from the city of San Juan de Pasto, capital of the department of Nariño
2. Flood

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   • rising and overflowing of a body of water especially onto normally dry
3. EarthQuake

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   • a sudden violent shaking of the ground, typically causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
   1. Valdivia earthquake of 1960

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      • The 1960 Valdivia mega earthquake, also known as the Great Earthquake in Chile, was an earthquake on Sunday, May 22, 1960 at 3:11 p.m. local time
   2. 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake
   3. Earthquake in Mexico September 7, 2017
4. Tsunami

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   • Large wave originated near the coast by an underwater seismic or volcanic eruption, which can travel at a speed of up to 50 km / h in any direction
   1. Samoa Tsunami, 2009.
   2. Tsunami of the Moro Gulf, 1976.
   3. Alaskan Tsunami, 1964
5. Avalanche

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   • a mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside.
6. Landslide

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   • a collapse of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff.
7. Hurricane

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   • An asteroid is a large, irregularly shaped object in space that orbits our Sun. If one of these giant rocks ends up on a collision course with Earth, we are in for big trouble. An asteroid is like a comet. ... Around a millionasteroids are located between Mars and Jupiter in an area called the “asteroid belt.”
   1. Hurricane Bárbara

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      • Hurricane Barbara was the second storm of the 2013 Hurricane Season in the Pacific. Barbara is the second tropical cyclone, the second named tropical storm and the first hurricane of the 2013 season
   2. Maria

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      • Hurricane Maria was a deadly tropical cyclone that devastated Dominica, the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in September 2017. It is considered the worst natural disaster recorded on those islands and is also the deadliest hurricane in the Atlantic since the hurricane Jeanne in 2004
   3. Jose

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      • Hurricane José was a powerful and erratic tropical cyclone that was the longest-running Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Nadine in 2012. José was the tenth storm named, the fifth hurricane and the third most important hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season of 2017