Types of Hazards
- Created by: Ewan A-V
- Created on: 18-09-20 13:13
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- Types of Hazards
- Caused by humans
- International conflicts
- In WW1 an estimated 37 million people died.
- Famine
- The Irish potato famine (1845-49) lead to the deaths of 1 million and the emigration of a further million.
- Displaced populations
- By the end of 2018, over 70 million people were forcibly removed from their homes.
- Accidents
- Climate Change
- It is believed that if global temperatures rise 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, the Marshal Islands will become uninhabitable.
- Poverty
- According to the Guardian (in February), approximately 14 million people were believed to be in poverty in the UK.
- Pandemics
- As of the 19th of September, over 960,000 people have died from the coronavirus.
- International conflicts
- Natural Hazards
- Geophysical
- Earthquakes
- Caused by the sudden movement of tectonic plates , known to cause volcanic eruptions and tsunamis.
- Landslides
- Tsunamis
- Volcanic Activity
- Earthquakes
- Climatological
- Drought
- Defined as a sustained period of abnormally low rainfall.
- Wildfires
- An estimated 18,000 people are believed to have been displaced by the Australian bush fire in 2019/20..
- Drought
- Hydrological
- Avalanches
- Floods
- Biological
- Epidemics
- Plagues
- During the 13th century in Europe, 25 million people are believed to have died.
- Meterological
- Cyclones
- Form in deep waters, at 26C, around the equator.
- Storms
- Wave surges
- Cyclones
- Geophysical
- Caused by humans
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