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NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS:CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND MANAGEMENTThis unit deals with Floods and droughts Earthquakes and tsunami Cyclones LandslidesUNITIV2015-16(20/01/2015)You might have read about tsunami orseen the images of horror ontelevision set immediately after ithappened. You may also be aware of the severeearthquake in Kashmir on both sides of theLine of Control (LOC). The damage caused tohuman life and properties during theseepisodes has moved us all. What are these asphenomena and how they are caused? Howcan we save ourselves? These are somequestions which come to our minds.
war ming and deple tion of the ozone layer . Besides these, changes have different ... 1971 India Tropical Cyclones 30,000 1976 China Earthquakes 700,000 1990 Iran Earthquakes 50,000 2004 Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, etc. Tsunamis 500,000* 2005 Pakistan, India Earthquakes 70,000* 2011 Japan Tsunami 15,842* CLASSIFICATION OF NATURAL DISASTERS
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