Darrens+disaster+page

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__** What is a disaster? **__
I think a disaster is something that goes terribly wrong. A disaster can be natural or man made. Natural disasters are usualy more dramatic.

**__What different types of natural disaters are there?​ __** Some of the different types of natural disasters are: I believe that an earthquake is the most dangerous of the natural disasters followed closely by the the sinkhole for both can cause huge holes in the earth. They can cause whole building to collase killing many people. They can also damage suplies causing another problem for humans.
 * earthqukes
 * volcanoes[[image:http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/ebender/Mt_Etna.jpg width="272" height="178" align="right" caption="Mt Etna exploding"]]
 * sinkholes
 * typhoons
 * hurricanes
 * tornados
 * cyclones
 * tsunamis
 * landslides
 * storms
 * wirlpools
 * blizzards
 * __ What natural disaster I believe is the most dangerous __**

I have learnt that sinkholes are a true natural disaster. I also learned that storms and blizzards are counted as natural disasters. **//__How are natural disasters classified?__//** ​According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, natural disasters are naturally occurring events that can cause severe threats to the public health. Tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes and earthquakes each have developed classification systems that gauge the intensity of an event by assessing a number of set factors. These classification methods help researchers study disasters patterns, and help educate the public to plan and prepare for potential disasters Earthquakes are measured on a Richter Magnitude Scale. The higher the number on the Richter Scale the worse the earthquake. The highest number the Richter Scale since 1900 was 9.5 in Chile which was equal to the intensity of 60,000 hydrogen bombs. .
 * __What I have learnt__ **
 * //__ How are they measured?  __//**