write a paragraph on "natural disaster" with the reference of "The tsunami"
Class-8
Subject- English
Answers
Natural disasters are devastating events that occur as a result of volcanic, geographical, or hydrological factors which can result in deaths, property destruction, and social and environmental disturbance.
- Some type of natural disaster are
- flood - due heavy and excessive rainfall
- drought - scarcity of water for a long period of time.
- volcanic erruption - it happens when lava and gases discharge from a volcano.
A tsunami is a natural disaster which is a series of fast-moving waves in the ocean caused by powerful earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, or simply an asteroid or a meteor crash inside the ocean. A tsunami has a very long wavelength. It can be hundreds of kilometers long. Usually, a tsunami starts suddenly.
A tsunami is a series of large waves generated by an abrupt movement on the ocean floor that can result from an earthquake, an underwater landslide, a volcanic eruption or - very rarely - a large meteorite strike. However, powerful undersea earthquakes are responsible for most tsunamis