Natural Disaster

Natural disasters are unavoidable. It is nature's doing, and we can only try to avoid it. Natural disasters are unstoppable forces of nature that have immense, destructive power. There are many different types of natural disasters in the world. Some areas have been named based on the natural disaster that frequently happens there. For example, the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean, which has multiple earthquakes and volcanic eruptions every year. The types of disasters are: Volcano eruption, Tsunami, Earthquakes, and Typhoon.

Volcano eruption: 

Volcanoes are spread out around the world, but they are mostly concentrated at the Ring of Fire. When a volcano erupts, spewing out lava and magma around it, along with rocks and minerals. There is also ashes that are emitted. The lava and magma would melt almost anything that they come in contact with for they have an extremely high temperature. The ashes will destroy crops, make the air become unbreathable. The areas around the volcano would be evacuated for it is dangerous for people to stay there. Recently, there had been a volcano eruption in Japan at Mount Ontake, which killed 57 people. Experts now say that there is a new volcano that has a chance of eruption. If it would happen, 95% of Japan would be uninhabitable. For the next hundred year, Japan has a 1% odd of the volcano erupts.

Tsunami: 

Tsunami are huge tidal waves that are created by earthquakes or explosions in the ocean bed. Tsunami can be as tall as 30 feet (9m) tall. They can invade the inland by up to 300 meters or more.

Tsunamis are extremely fast so you only have couple of minutes before they hit the inland. Tsunamis wipe out anything that it comes in contact with, and then pulling everything back into the ocean. 

Earthquakes:

Earthquakes happen when there are lands that clash together, creating shockwaves that spread throughout the area. They also create tsunamis if the lands clash under water. Earthquakes shatter the ground under houses and buildings.

It is dangerous and buildings can collapse on the people inside. The best way to avoid earthquakes is to run outside and get to a secure evacuation area.

In 2011, a huge 8.9-magnitude earthquake happened in Hiroshima. After the earthquake came the tsunamis which added up to the terribleness of the event. Furthermore, the earthquake weakened the nuclear plant, causing a meltdown. 

Here are some pictures of the aftermath.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366126/Japan-earthquake-tsunami-Chilling-echoes-

Hiroshimas-destruction.html

Typhoon:

These are hurricanes that happen mostly at the Pacific Ocean. Philippines is one of the countries that suffer most from typhoons. Recently, the Haiyan typhoon caused severe damage to Philippines. 

7 million people were affected by the typhoon, and 600,000 people are homeless. The total costs were estimated at $15 billion.

These are natural disasters, and they can barely be prevented. The only way is that the government need to improve on how to predict disasters a long time before it could even happen. This would help evacuate the citizens and provide plans to deal with the disasters.