Hydrologic Hazards
Quick thunderstorm can produce this.
Flash flooding
Unstable atmospheric conditions make this.
Tornado
A sinkhole develops in the middle of Guatemala City and knocks out power to the city.
Geophysical
Flash flood in Madison, WI infiltrates a water treatment plant and makes the water undrinkable.
Local
This occurs when a mountain explodes.
Volcanic Eruption
In the Western hemisphere, these are called hurricanes
Typhoons
A low lying cloud.
Fog
Wildfires burn through the state of California due to drought.
Climatological
A Tsunami occurs at all coasts along the Pacific Ocean and floods farmland.
Regional
This happens when a tectonic plate shifts
Earthquake
This occurs due to repeated dry conditions.
Drought
Erosion of the state Florida coastline because of ocean waves.
Hydrological
Wildfires burn through the state of California due to drought.
Regional
These form after an Earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption occurs
Tsunami
A precipitation event during which a coating of ice forms on exposed objects by the freezing of supercooled water deposited by rain, drizzle, and/or fog.
A heatwave raises temperatures across the Midwest during the summer of 2016.
Climatological
Indonesian volcano Tambora erupted in 2015 causing loss of life, Earth cooling by several degrees, widespread famine and disease outbreaks
Global
Resulting hazard when soil that is permanently frozen, often near cliffsides near coastal waters that can collapse on itself.
Permafrost
Can sometimes fall during a t-storm accompanying the rain.
Hail
A Tsunami occurs at all coasts along the Pacific Ocean and floods farmland.
Geophysical
A volcanic eruption in Hawaii sends lava traveling down the mountainside into a town.
Local
If you take an avalanche and remove the snow.
Rock Slide