Nature fury

1. Paper presentation on nature’s fury Presented by :- Rashmi Surabhi Reg. No:- GIN (113411)

2. Nature’s fury natural hazard resulting destruction, loss of life, and health of the population occurs suddenly and unexpectedly Earthquake, volcano, tsunami, cloud bursting, etc

3. Earthquakes:- A sudden, rapid shaking of the earth. Tsunami:- Series of waves generated by an undersea disturbance such as an earthquake. Hurricanes:- A hurricane is a tropical storm with winds, having constant speed of 74 mph or more.

4. Floods & cloud bursting:- extremely dangerous water force can roll boulders, tear out trees, destroy buildings, and obliterate bridges. The most recent cloud bursting flood disaster happened In Uttrakhand.

5. Uttrakhand tragedy From 14 to 17 June 2013,  Uttrakhand received heavy rainfall. The heavy rains resulted in large flash floods and massive landslides. The rain fall was above the normal benchmark.

6. Statistics of Loss of life:-

7. Statistics of other Damages

8. Damages:- 8,000 death occurred, 10,000 persons get injured & 30,000 were stuck in the valley 2800 persons were missing 1520 roads get damaged 154 bridges get damaged 2232 houses completely get destroyed 4,200 villages were victims of the floods

9. Causes:- It is declared as natural disaster so obviously natural causes involves.

10. 1. 375% more rainfall 2. Glacier melted 3. flood in rivers

11. Is it only nature’s fury ?????

12. Manmade causes:-

13. What can be done for reduction????? need for the development of mechanisms for better management of tourism and the tourist. Proper land use policies should be framed in order to regulate construction . Green development is far most important. Remote sensing technology should be used.

14. Conclusion:- Lastly I conclude that these calamities and destruction may primarily be caused by nature but they are man-made too. Man may progress in all fields but when nature is against him, that’s the end of mankind. The tragic floods of Uttrakhand are a warning to us to stop playing with nature.

15. References:- articles.timesofindia. www.downtoearth.org.in www.indianexpress.com www.ndtv.com www.sliedshare.com www.wikipedia.com

16. Any quires???????