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.

 

 

 

 

 

Topic of the Month - September

Topic of the month for September is Natural Disasters...

 

Each Week in September we will post different things surrounding the same topic... To begin with we chose natural disasters as in year 9 we are studying it at the moment...

 

The eye-catching topic of the week is the Haiti Earthquake; it occurred in 2010 and had a massive magnitude of 7.0! It hit the south of Haiti’s capital, Port au Prince. The earthquake killed over 300,000 people!!

 

The strong earthquake was then followed by two more aftershocks with high magnitudes of 5.9 and 5.7, causing even more trauma for the people of Haiti.

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere and suffered four hurricanes and extreme storms in 2008, being barely recovered it was hit again with the disastrous earthquake in 2010.

Read more about the Haiti earthquakes through this link BBC News - Haiti devastated by massive earthquake which was published at the time.

Written by AB

In the News...

Disaster in Japan

On the 4^th of September, two tornadoes hit Japan in three days. Tornadoes tore through eastern Japan, injuring dozens of people, at least one seriously, and destroying some buildings. Police in Saitama prefecture, near Tokyo, said 63 people were reported injured.

Kyodo News reported that the tornadoes toppled power lines, blew roofs off homes and sent debris flying, smashing windows at an elementary school. Shelters have been opened in the areas affected and authorities have activated emergency plans.

We hope that all the people in Japan who were injured or lost loved ones in the tornadoes have all the help and support that the need. We also hope that no more disasters happen in the upcoming months and hopefully years, so the people have time to fix all the damage.

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Written by VL and AL