This document defines and provides details about various natural disasters: earthquakes are caused by slippage of tectonic plates and release energy through waves; landslides involve ground movements like rock falls and slope failures; floods are overflowing of water that submerges normally dry land; volcanoes are openings in the Earth's crust that allow lava and gases to escape; the 2011 Japanese tsunami was the largest and most catastrophic, resulting in over 20,000 deaths and thousands more missing or injured. It defines a tsunami as a series of waves caused by large bodies of water being displaced. The effects of the 2011 Japanese tsunami included over 300,000 people still in temporary housing and most nuclear power plants being closed.