Natural Disaster

What is Natural Disaster?

• A harmful impact on a society or community following a natural hazard event.

• A helpful impact on a society or community following a natural hazard event.

An overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines,

  especially over what is normally dry land.

In 2004 in Indonesia, especially in Aceh, there was a great natural disaster.

What was that natural disaster?

• Flood

• Landslide

• Tsunami

• Wildfire

Natural disaster that usually happened in Pontianak

• Landslide and Flood

• Avalenche

• Earthquake

• Wildfire and Flood

What natural disaster is this?

The following are not volcanoes in Indonesia.

• Lawit

• Kerinci

• Rinjani

• Krakatau

Answer explanation

Mount Lawit is a mountain located in Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan Province. This mountain is close to the Indonesia-Malaysia border.

Rising temperatures across the country pose a threat to people, ecosystems, economy, and human health.

• Flood

• Typhoon

• Abnormal Heat

• Storm

Select 2 what are the causes of wildfire?

• Campfire

• Heavy rain

• Rapid snowmelt

• Electrical power

• Earthquake

A unsettling influence of the climate stamped by wind and as a rule by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning.

A wind like a funnel that is sometimes called a twister is a..

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Avalenche

• Flood