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Where do Natural disasters occur?

All around the world

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Name one Organization that helps against these Natural Disasters?
American Red Cross, Salvation Army, World Vision, Operational Blessings
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Name at least two other factors that cause natural disasters?

Population Growth, Climate change, Environmental Degradation

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Name two solutions?

Poverty and Early Warning Systems

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Definition of Poverty?

The state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount.

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How are Natural disasters classified?
earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, droughts etc
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What does American Red Cross do?
Humanitarian organization led by volunteers, providing relief to victims of disasters.
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How is the climate changing?
Greenhouse gases
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How can reducing poverty help against natural disasters?

Fighting poverty all over the world, but particularly in the developing world, reduces vulnerability to the negative consequences of natural disasters.

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Definition of envirnmental degradation?

Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through the depletion of resources such as air, water, and soil.

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What are other factors that make natural disasters occur?
environmental degradation, climate change, population growth
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What does Salvational Army do?
Assists Americans seeking the basic necessities of life–food, shelter, and warmth
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What is Environmental Degradation?
Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through the depletion of resources such as air, water, and soil.
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How can early warning systems help against natural disasters?

With sophisticated early warning systems, we can see the first signs of a natural disaster

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Which organization assists Americans seeking the basic necessities of life–food, shelter, and warmth?

Salvation Army

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How many possessions have been affected from 2000-2012?
1.7 trillion
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What does World Vision do?

 relief and development organization dedicated to helping children in poverty.

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How has population growth affect the world?
overpopulation as well as urban population migration may force people to live in marginal areas such as on unstable hillsides, in flood plains, in shabbily constructed slums or on top of fault lines
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What’s the most sustainable solution?

Fighting Poverty

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How many have died from natural disasters from 2000-2012?

1.2 million

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How many people have been affected from these natural disasters from 2000-2012
2.9 billion
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What does Operational Blessings do?
Operation Blessing is an international relief and humanitarian organization providing food, clothing, shelter, medical care and other basic necessities of life.
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What are the three main greenhouse gases that affect the earth?

Carbon Dioxide, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide

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how can tsunamis be  stopped from doing a lot of damage

by the tsunami alarm system which tells you a tsunami is happening

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What type of Natural Disaster occurred in Haiti in 2010?

7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti