Types Of Natural Hazards

• What are the three types of natural hazard?

  Geological, flooding and atmospheric
• What are geological hazards?


  Hazards caused by earth processes- happen because of movements at and below the ground
• What are flooding hazards?


  Hazards caused by water
• What are atmospheric hazards?


  Hazards caused by weather patterns
• Examples of geological hazards


  Volcanoes, tsunamis, landslides, earthquakes
• Examples of flooding hazards

  Flash floods, river floods, snowmelt
• Examples of atmospheric hazards 


  Tropical storms, thunderstorms, drought