This document provides a summary of the top 5 natural disasters in the world. It begins by discussing how natural disasters have impacted Earth throughout history and have affected more people as the planet's population has grown. The top 5 disasters are then outlined: (1) the Nyos Lake gas eruption in Cameroon in 1986 that killed nearly 2,000 people; (2) Hurricane Mitch which struck Central America in 1998 causing over 11,000 deaths; (3) the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 AD; (4) the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed over 230,000 people across 14 countries; and (5) the 1556

1. TOP 5 NATURAL DISASTERS
PREPARED BY:
ANNA KABATOVA
FORM 10
SCHOOL №10
TEACHER: VITA
KOKHNO

2. Through the history of the planet Earth reaches
the history of disasters having a natural origin - it
is earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis,
mudslides, avalanches, floods, etc. In recent
years, the Earth quite densely populated and,
therefore, the zone of natural disaster falls more
and more people. I’d like to tell you about top 5
natural disasters in the world

3. № 5: NYOS, LAKE-KILLER IN CAMEROON

4. • Nyos - the lake of great beauty - surrounded mostly cultivated fields,
picturesque cliffs, and green hills. Pearl gray surface serenely calm, but
underneath is a continuous accumulation of explosive force. Nyos - is a
crater was once an active volcano after the eruption of which five centuries
ago at the bottom left igneous plug. It is cooled and compressed by the
water pressure. Such lakes around the world a lot, but only two are able to
kill all life on their shores. The second lake - Mono - is located 95
kilometers southeast of the RAT. And both are ready at any moment to
explode.

5. HOW IT WAS?

6. № 4: HURRICANE MITCH

7. “BY COMPARISON, THE HURRICANE "KATRINA" WILL
SEEM A SLIGHT BREEZE…”

8. № 3: ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS

9. № 2: INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI

10. «EVEN AN EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN IN 2011
CAN NOT BE COMPARED WITH THIS ...»

11. № 1: CHINA EARTHQUAKE IN 1556

12. Mankind has learned to build intelligent machines,
conquers the space. We are subject to the microparticles,
and open many secrets of nature. However, nature does not
give up so easily - people have not learned to fight with the
most powerful manifestations of its nature.

13. Thanks for attention!