NATURAL DISASTERS 2

short period of low rainfall, not lasting for more than a month.

Is a naturally occuring phenomenon of the climate system resulting fron the interaction between ocean and atmosphere in the central and eastern equitorial Pacific.

is a seasonal warming of the Pacific Ocean that upsets normal weather patterns and is causing droughts in Northern Philippines.

• Occurs every 2-7 years

• Lasts upto 8-12 months

• Strongest occurs every 10 - 15 years

• It can lead to ......... (higher daytime temperatures, reduced nighttime cooling and high air pollution levels).

Often, this surface rock is ..., which is easily eroded, or worn away, by the movement of water that can collapse the surface layer of the ground.

It is a type of mudslide composed of volcanic material or ash, rocky debris, and water. Its density is like wet concrete. It may occur during a volcanic eruption when it melts snow or ice, or by ejecting water from a crater lake, or years afterward due to heavy rainfall.