Essay On Natural And Natural Disasters

This paper will discuss the differences between different natural disasters and different man-made disasters. Additionally, this paper will look into five specific natural disasters to include: floods; earthquakes; tsunamis; hurricanes; and heat waves. Furthermore, this paper will also look into five specific man-made disasters to include: nuclear power plants; oil spills; coal; chemicals; and waste. Specifically, this paper will look at some of the examples of each type of disaster, and provide details of each and how many people lost their lives due to the effects. Finally, this paper will look at which natural or man-made disaster is the greatest threat to the human race and why.

Natural Disasters Natural disasters are anything from floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, or anything else nature could produce that causes, or could cause massive loss of life numbers. Such events are not anything that was caused because of human beings, but only by the actions of atmospheric conditions, or due to the changes of continental drifts that these disasters occur. Technology has come a long way since the early days before the industrial revolution where predictions can be made and warnings can be issued. This helps reduce the amount of possible loss of lives that would occur in 21st century. However, this was not always the case.
Floods
China floods of 1931. Flooding is usually caused from massive amount of rainfall in one location for an