Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
SUBJECT:
READING & VOCABULARY
ASSIGNMENT:
TOP TEN NATURAL DISASTERS AROUND THE WORLD
LECTURER: Ms. CHOEUN LEAKSMY
GROUP: ONE
1. HEM PUTHEARAK
2. ORN SONITA
3. TING CHAN KANIKA
4. CHHENG SEYHA
5. CHAMRONG PANNHARITH
SHIFT: NIHGT, ROOM: 603
AC 2ACEDEMIC: 2016-2017
Contents
1. Earthquake
2. Volcano Eruption
3. Hurricane
4. Famine
5. Cyclone
6. DROUGHT
7.Flood
8. Heat wave
9. Storm
10. Blizzard
1. Earthquake
An
2.Volcano Eruption
Volcano
3. Hurricane
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Hurricane
Katrina
Sandy
Ike
Andrew
Wilma
Ivan
Irene
Charley
Rita
Season
2005
2012
2008
1992
2005
2004
2011
2004
2005
Damage
$108 billion
$71.4 billion
$29.5 billion
$26.5 billion
$21 billion
$18.8 billion
$15.6 billion
$15.1 billion
$12 billion
10
Matthew
2016
$10.6 billion
A)Meteorological History
Map plotting the track and intensity of the storm according to the Saffir
Simpson hurricane wind scale. (Ike peaked with maximum sustained
winds of 145 miles per hour (233 kilometers per hour) and a minimum
barometric pressure of 935 millibars (27.6 inches of mercury), making
the storm ).
B) Oil and Gas Spill :Hurricane Ike's winds, surge, and giant waves
tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines. The Coast Guard, with the
Environmental Protection Agency and state agencies, has responded to
more than 3,000 pollution reports associated with the storm and its surge
along the upper Texas coast.
4. Famine
A famine is a widespread scarcity of food caused by several factors included crop
failure, population imbalances or government policies. This phenomenon is usually
accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic,
and increased mortality.
Regional History
Africa
Far east
Colonial Period
20th Century
5. Cyclone
Cyclones
6. Drought
A
drought
7. Flood
A flood is an overflow of
water. Flood occur as
overflow of water from water
bodies such as a river, lake
or ocean. In Ghana2 people
dead in flood. It happen in
Eastern Region of Ghana.
8. Heat Wave
A
9. Storm
Storm
10.Blizzard
Blizzard is
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