Coastal flooding

Coastal flooding: transient and permanent Coastal flooding: transient and permanent Fifty percent of the US population lives near the coast and fastgrowing Third World populations show strong migratory tendencies towards coastal plain

Tornadoes

Tornadoes: the most violent of all atmospheric phenomena Tornadoes: the most violent of all atmospheric phenomena Tornadoes are an excellent example of an intense, rapid-onset small-scale hazard of short duration. Because windspeeds of

Tropical Cyclones

Tropical Cyclones Tropical Cyclones Tropical cyclones, known as hurricanes in the Atlantic and eastern and central Pacific, typhoons in the western North Pacific, and simply tropical cyclones elsewhere, are some of the most potentially

Earthwuake hazards

Environmental Hazards in the 1990s Environmental Hazards in the 1990s The United Nations has declared the 1990s the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). The unanimous passage of general Assembly re