2. Feel
Do you FEEL the ground shaking severely?
Strong earthquakes may cause tsunamis. RUN to high ground if you feel
strong shaking.
See
Do you SEE the water withdraw an unusual distance?
As a tsunami approaches land, the ocean may pull back a long way from the
shore, exposing the ocean floor, reefs and fish. RUN to high ground if the sea
withdraws.
Hear
Do you HEAR a strange roar?
A roaring sound from the ocean is sometimes heard before a tsunami arrives.
RUN to high ground if you hear a strange roar.
3. Tsunamis do not necessarily make their final approach to land as a
series of giant breaking waves. They may be more like a very
rapidly rising tide. This may be accompanied by much
underwater turbulence, sucking people under and tossing heavy
objects around. Entire beaches have been stripped away by
tsunamis.
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami could rank as the most
devastating on record. More than 200,000 people lost their lives,
many of them washed out to sea.
The Pacific is by far the most active tsunami zone, according to the
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
But tsunamis have been generated in other bodies of water,
including the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas, and the Indian
and Atlantic Oceans. North Atlantic tsunamis included the
tsunami associated with the 1775 Lisbon earthquake that killed as
many as 60,000 people in Portugal, Spain, and North Africa. This
quake caused a tsunami as high as 23 feet (7 meters) in the
Caribbean.
4. How to Know Naturally when Earthquake
Will Strike
No one can predict when an earthquake will
strike, but if you stay in an earthquake prone
area, you have to depend on these age old
indications of the animals and try to go to a
safer places the moment you notice any
behavior aberration among the animals.
5. Powerfull storm
Powerful storms such as thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes are
generated when warm, light air rises quickly into higher, colder levels
in an unstable updraft that can reach over 100 miles per hour. Each
type of storm forms under specific conditions; hurricanes occur over
moisture-rich oceans and coastlines, for example. They draw their
energy from warm ocean waters. Understanding the conditions that
give rise to powerful storms is the key to preparing for their
devastating effects.
Thunder and lightning
At any given moment, there are an estimated 2,000 thunderstorms in
progress over Earth's surface. These storms can vary from relatively
mild rainstorms to very damaging storms that feature hail and high
wind. Thunderstorms form when warm air rises from Earth's surface
and moves upwards quickly into the colder levels of the atmosphere. If
conditions are right, tornadoes can form from this rapid updraft.
Normally, however, the result is rain, wind, lightning, and thunder.