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ARE YOU READY TO HEAR SOME FACTS ABOUT DISASTERS?

A disaster can strike at anytime, anywhere. Here
are some disaster facts.

• Natural disasters affect about 26 million people
around the world every year.
• Avalanches travel at the speed of over 200 miles
per hour.
• Hawaii is the state that has the highest risk for
tsunamis with over one a year.
• In 2004, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake caused the
biggest tsunami in history. It killed over 226,000
people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand
and the Maldives.
• Cyclones, tropical cyclones, hurricanes and
typhoons are the same things. People use
different names in different parts of the world. In
the Atlantic Ocean, they are known as hurricanes,
in the tropics, they are known as tropical cyclones,
in the Indian Ocean, they are known as cyclones
and in the Pacifc Ocean, they are known as
typhoons.
• About 20% of all volcanoes are under water.
• Japan has 10% of the world’s active volcanoes.
• Flooding is the world’s most costly type of
natural disaster because the damage can be so
extensive.
• A volcanic eruption in Indonesia is the loudest
natural disaster on record.

Talk about the natural disasters in Turkey.
What kind of natural disasters occur in your
region?

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