Natural and Technological Hazards

Natural and Technological Hazards

Natural Hazards

A natural hazard is defined as the event that occurs due to some natural and abnormal activities and affects the environment. These natural hazards are interrelated such as; earthquakes may result in tsunamis and drought may create a famine or displacement of population. 4, San

Francisco fire and earthquake -1906 April 18

Earthquake is the naturally occurring disaster which occurs due to high pressure and temperature inside the earth crust. Gases bubble out due to high pressure and layer of earth deform. There is the continuous shaking phenomenon when earthquake occurs which lasts from 15 ...