NATURAL HAZARDS

• Natural hazards


  Extreme natural events that cause loss of life, extreme damage to property, and disrupt human activity
• Types of natural hazards

  • Tectonic hazard (earthquakes)
  • Atmospheric hazard (hurricane)
  • Geomorphological hazard (flood)
  • Biological hazard (forest fire)
• Tectonic hazard


  • Involve tectonic plates
• Atmospheric hazard


  • Involve weather
• Geomorphological hazard


  • Occur on earth's surface
• Biological hazard


  • Involve living organisms
• Factors affecting impact of natural hazards

  • Urbanisation (buildings can fall)
  • Poverty (can't afford medical help)
  • Farming (no deep roots, flat land)
  • Climate change (already worse conditions)