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Mind Map by hannah.pickard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by hannah.pickard
over 11 years ago
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Impacts of Tectonic Hazards
- Volcanoes
- Primary
- Buildings and roads are damaged by lava and pyroclastic flows
- People and animals are killed by pyroclastic flows or ash
- Crops are damaged by ash
- People are suffocated by carbon dioxide
- Water supplies are contaminated by ash
- Buildings and roads are damaged by lava and pyroclastic flows
- Secondary
- Mudflows form volcanic material mixes with water
- destruction
- death
- injuries
- destruction
- fires started by lava and pyroclastic flows
- psycological problems from death
- homelessness
- food and water shortage
- unemployment
- acid rain because of sulphur dioxide
- Mudflows form volcanic material mixes with water
- Primary
- Earthquakes
- Primary
- Buildings are reduced to rubble because of the shaking ground
- People are killed or injured by debris
- Bridges and buildings collapse
- Infrastructure is damaged
- Electricity cables are damaged, causing loss of power
- Underground sewage, gas and water pipes are broken, cutting off supplies.
- Buildings are reduced to rubble because of the shaking ground
- Secondary
- Broken gas pipes cause fires
- Aftershocks destroy weakened buildings
- Closed roads cause congestion and chaos
- Families are split up
- Homeless people have to sleep on the streets
- Lack of clean water causes diseases
- No gas, electricity or clean water
- Lanslides or tsunamis can be triggered
- Psycological problems if family memebers have died
- Unemployment because of destroyed businesses and buildings
- Broken gas pipes cause fires
- Primary
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