Natural hazards

• Natural hazards


  • Tectonic hazards
  • climatic hazards
• Natural hazards

  Extreme natural events that can cause loss of life, damage to poperties, disrupt human activities
• plates move, friction causes them to Become stuck, as the tension builds up, plates release causing earthquakes
• tectonic (earth's crust moves)
• Natural hazards


  • Earthquake
  • mountain avalanches
  • tsunamis
  • volcanoes
• Natural hazards


  • flooding (heavy rainfall !)
  • tornadoes
  • tropical storms(hurricanes)
  • droughts
• Hazard risks
• factors that affect a risk
• low income: slower to repair damage = reduction in tourists