How did you do?

Sorry for the delay in posting these answers, we have had some issues getting on to our blog this week - hope you haven't had problems seeing it too!!

Here are the answers to last weeks Quiz on Natural Disasters!!

Q1) A

Q2) B

Q3) C

Q4) D

Q5) A

Don't forget to let us know how you did!!!

Hurricane Facts

Some Amazing Hurricane Facts...

 

A hurricane is an intense tropical storm with powerful winds and heavy rain.

Other names for a hurricane include cyclone, typhoon and tropical storm, the different names usually indicate where the storm took place. Tropical storms that form in the Atlantic or Northeast Pacific (near the United States) are called hurricanes, those that form near in the Northwest Pacific (near Japan) are called typhoons and those that form in the South Pacific or Indian oceans are called cyclones.

Hurricanes usually form in tropical areas of the world.

Hurricanes develop over warm water and use it as an energy source.

Hurricanes lose strength as they move over land.

 

 

Written by AS

 

Quiz Time....

Are you a natural hazards genius?

 

 

Have a go at our quiz to find out!!!

Q1) Which natural disaster is also known as a cyclone or a typhoon?

a)      Hurricane

b)      Tornado

c)       Flood

Q2) What was the deadliest earthquake called?

a)      Haiti

b)      Shaanxi

c)       Messina

Q3) Which natural disaster is not caused by the movement of tectonic plates?

a)      Volcanic eruption

b)      Earthquake

c)       Hurricane

Q4) What is the most dangerous type of avalanche?

a)      Wet avalanche

b)      Icefall avalanche

c)       Dry slab avalanche

Q5) How high were the waves in the 2011 Japan tsunami?

a)      10 metres

b)      20 metres

c)       8 metres

Answers will appear next week!!!

Written by LF, KH and ER

A hidden surprise...

The south-west province of Balochistan, in Pakistan, has been hit by a powerful earthquake. In fact two powerful earthquakes!! Many homes have been destroyed and villages flattened, thousands have spent the night with no shelter. Despite being Pakistan’s largest province it is the least populated, and earthquakes are common in the region.

To count 400 people have tragically died, and leaving 340 injured. It has been reported that out of all these tragic deaths and homes being destroyed, one good thing has come out of it; the force of the earthquake has caused a rocky island to pop out on the coast off Pakistan! The army says it has sent over 200 soldiers and medics over to help.

 

 

 

 

 

An intruder...

Today's post isn't written by a usual GeoBlog attender, but we are trying to rule him in.. 

He originally brought us an article from a newspaper about the Pakistan Earthquake and has since brought in a million pictures from newspapers, we chose the best 5 and wrote a short explanation about each one... 

Proof that while we are busy learning somebody somewhere is living a totally different life... 

The same region in Pakistan was hit by two earthquakes in 4days... This map off the BBC website shows you just how close the epicentres were...

Over 400 people died in the first earthquake but days later hundreds more were affected by the second one!

Whole areas of housing was demolished in seconds because a lot of the housing was made of mud and rubble...

The most exciting pictures taken though were that of a mysterious island appearing after the second earthquake... A whole post dedicated to that coming soon... 

 

 

 

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App Review...

Miss English was telling us about an app for her new iPad called PDC World Disaster Alerts, it's free and includes lots of information about potential hazards... 

As you can see above here is a screen shot of the app showing you a virtual hazard map, all of these events have been updated very regular and allows you to see events as and when they happen!!

We think this app is well worth a free download from iTunes, for any body interested in geography!!!