2. By the action of natural forces
Manifested as formation of earthquakes,
fires, floods, droughts, avalanches,
stormy weather ...
3. Wave height of 14 meters
It passed the Hudson and East River in New
York
The sharks were swimming through the streets
in torrents of water
More than 200 people lost their lives
Caused damage of $ 65 billion
4. The underground earthquake of 9 on the
Richter scale .
March 2011 on the coast town of Sandy
(Northeast Japan)
Consequence of the earthquake – it was
followed by the explosion of three nuclear
reactors at the plant "Fukushima Daiichi“
5. 125,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed
in the explosion of the reactor
20,000 people lost their lives
The economic damage in Japan amounted to
235 billion dollars
The most expensive natural disaster in history
6. Chernobyl is now a ghost town
April 26 1986 - an explosion at the nuclear
power plant
Cause of the accident: unsafe reactor and
insufficient expertise of the people.
Evacuated residents did not return to their
homes
Death toll: a few hundred people, while it is
estimated that over a million lost their lives
due to damage to health.
7. Increased radioactivity has been felt not only in
Europe but also in Japan and North America.
Twenty years later, Chernobyl is a popular
tourist destination.
8. Centralia is an old mining town
Today it is a ghost town, with deadly carbon
monoxide fumes from a country that burns
forever
1962 - A fire broke out in the coal mines
beneath the city
A fire burns today, and some experts predict
that it could take another 250 years
9. Zip code of the city has been discontinued
Today there is no life in the city
10. Cyclone "Tamara" engulfed the area of Central
and Southeast Europe 13 May
Center cyclonic field was over Serbia and
Bosnia and Herzegovina, where between 13
and 15 May secreted large amounts of rainfall
11. Obrenovac was hardest hit by floods
90% of villages submerged.
The entire village of about 8700 inhabitants was
evacuated.