Earthquakes
When the ground behaves like a liquid during an earthquake.
What is liquefaction?
Hurricanes with sustained winds of 119km/h belong to this category.
What is Category 1?
A fast moving mass of hot gas, ash and rock fragments.
What is a pyroclastic flow?
Enforcing building codes happens at this stage of the disaster management cycle.
What is mitigation?
Locusts invasion is this type of hazard.
What is biological?
Atlantic Hurricanes can form in these bodies of water
What are the north Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico? (Sometimes in the Northeast Pacific Ocean too!)
A debris flow of slurry pyroclastic material, rocky materials and water.
What is a lahar?
The other term for 'hypocenter'
What is focus?
Nuclear radiation is an example of this type of hazard.
What is technological?
Typhoons occur there.
What is Asia/ Northwest Pacific Ocean?
The severe volcanic eruption can cause climate change. True of False?
What is True?
Secondary effect of hurricanes.
What is social and economic downturn/ diseases/homelessness etc.? (Explain)
A regional disaster relief organisation.
What is CDEMA?
Landslides and avalanches are examples of this type of hazard.
What is geomorphological?
This is a secondary effect of volcanic eruption
a. lava flows
b. blasts
c. famine
d. tsunamis
What is famine?
Opening up emergency shelters occurs at this stage of the Disaster Management Cycle
What is Preparation?
Droughts and wildfires are examples of this type of hazard.
What is climatic?
This phenomenon affects coastal areas when the eye of a hurricane makes landfall.
What storm surge?
Responsible for monitoring volcanic activity in the Caribbean.
What is UWI Seismic Research Centre?
Mineral deposits, fertile soil, hot spas, tourist attractions and a source of energy, all speak about ______
What are benefits of volcanoes?