What is a Volcano?
What is nature’s most powerful, most destructive, most dangerous form? Some would say an earthquake, others a cyclone. …
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Natural disasters
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Why do Earthquakes Occur?
As a result of upheavals below its surface, the earth shakes now and then. This shaking of the earth is known as an earthquake. …
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What is an Earthquake?
One moment, the world seems just the way it was yesterday, the day before, last year, or even the day before the day before. All …
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What is a Tsunami?
Last year there were three more fishing villages in the Pacific island country of Papua New Guinea than there are today. You might …
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Another Big Quake for 2010 – Chile
Where: Santiago,Chile March 17, 2010 : Chile experienced an 8.8-magnitude on February 27, 2010. Around 700 people lost their …
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The Most Disastrous
From the worst famine of modern times, to the cyclone that caused the highest death toll – do you know about them?
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When the Earth Quakes
A host of questions on a natural disaster that makes the earth move with deadly results.
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The Hot and Sizzling Volcano
Despite being the subject of considerable scientific study, Volcanoes continue to remain both dramatic and unpredictable. In 1991 …
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The Quake that rocked Gujarat
Where: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India February 5, 2001 : It was 8.45 am on January 26, 2001. A day when the country was celebrating …
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Earthquake Rocks New Zealand
Where: Wellington, New Zealand July 16, 2009 : A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in New Zealand’s South Island, …
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Buried under a Garbage Mountain
August 5: Recently, a group of homeless people living in the streets of Manila came to know the meaning of a mountain of garbage. …
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Pelican Trouble
Many people living in Andhra Pradesh may have escaped the wrath of the cyclone that ravaged the state last month, but the …
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