CATASTROPHIES

TASK

Write a scientific report in Word with the following structure:

1. Catastrophe data (what, where, when, casualties, damage)
2. Brief catastrophe summary (before, during, after)
3. Photographies/artistic representation
4. Factors that increased/reduced the effects and damage from the phenomenon.
5. What could have been done to reduce the impact (or things to do for the future)

Maximum two pages

You will briefly explain it to your classmates.

TOPICS

1. Nevado del Ruíz Volcano (November 13, 1985)
2. Eruption of Krakatoa (August 26, 1883)
3. Bhola cyclone (Bangladesh, November 12, 1970)
4. Wenchuan Earthquake (May 12, 2008)
5. Indonesia tsunami (December 26, 2004)
6. Tunguska (June 30, 1908)
7. Haiti earthquake (January 12, 2010)
8. Grimsvotn volcano (Iceland, November 2, 2004)
9. China Floods (1931)
10. Huascarán avalanche (1970)
11. Limnic eruption of Lake Nyos (1986)
12. Laki volcano (Iceland, 1783-84)