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The eruption killed 57 people, in the lateral blast, ashfall, and lahars. The causes to death included asphyxiation, thermal injuries, and trauma. Four indirect death were caused by a crop duster hitting power lines during the ashfall, a traffic accident during poor visibility, and two heart attacks from shoveling ash. The Toutle River was flooded by melting snow and ice from the mountain. About 12 million board feet of stockpiled lumber were sweep in the river, eight bridges were destroyed, 200

islands have formed on the continental side of the subduction zone. Subduction at this boundary has also caused some of the largest earthquakes for Alaska.The earthquakes originate deeper in the trench each time.The most hazardous place in the Aleutian Islands area is Dutch Harbor and Unalaska. Since the Aleutians are on an active fault zone, many Volcanic earthquakes happen.In addition,the Gulf of Alaska is nearby and causes tsunamis to hit the area. The islands contain mountain ranges on each one

Many people regard the chances of their home getting struck by lightning as highly unlikely. This may be true, but it depends on your circumstances. If your house is on a hill, in an open area, or has tall trees next to it, then a lightning strike is a greater possibility. Another risk factor is geographic location, and it doesn't help that our beautiful state of Florida has the highest incidence of lightning activity in the United States. We also rank as the fourth most lightning prone area on earth

volcanic event that killed many people and destroyed many communities, which the explosion created a major landslide, directed blast, eruption plume, pyroclastic flows, and lahars (Vallance, Gardner, Scott, Iverson, Pierson, 2010). Vallance, Gardner, Scott, Iverson, and Pierson (2010) point out that the 2.8- cubic- kilometer landslide reduced the summit and the sudden decompression of shallow gaseous magma caused a directed blast that traveled about 500 kilometers per hour

Frank, Alberta 1903 Landslide On April 29, 1903 30 million cubic meters of rock fell from the east face of Turtle Mountain in southwestern Alberta, Canada. Over 70 people in the town of Frank were killed as well as the entrance to the Frank mine being blocked with miners inside. This landslide is one of the largest slides that has eyewitnesses as well as a strong scientific study. (Alberta Geological Survey, 2013) The day of the Frank Slide On April 29, 1903 the Frank Slide occurred at 4:10 am. It

domes. There are some lava flows that are just 70,000 years old, which is not very old in geologic time. This leads to questions as to whether the Yellowstone volcano is still active. Seismic studies show that shock waves from explosions and earthquakes travel through the Earth’s crust but is slowed when it passes under a caldera. There are areas under the caldera where the seismic velocity is slower than normal. There are spots where the slowdown occurs within depths as shallow as 1 mile. This

The history Big waves surfing is one of the most dangerous discipline ever invented. It’s been around for al-most 300 years and maybe more. Every year more people try surfing and it’s becoming a very popular hobby around the world. I have tried it myself and it’s very addictive. You always want to get better and surf bigger waves. Danger For big wave surfing the size of a wave has to be at least 20 feet high (6,2 m). In a big wave wipeout, a breaking wave can push a surfer down 20 to 50 feet (6

On Friday March 11th 2011 at 2:46 pm, Japan’s Eastern coast was hit with an earthquake of a 9.0 magnitude. Following the quake, an 18 foot tsunami was triggered causing the pre existing damage to be even more sever. The tsunami caused the AC power to disable in 3 of the plants, which kept the cooling system from working. As a result, hydrogen in the exploded in the fuel rods which stated the release of the large amounts of radioactive material into the surrounding area.The quake and tsunami alone

INTRODUCTION The New England Fold Belt (NEFB) of eastern Australia is composed of variably deformed terranes, going in age from Early Palaeozoic to Late Triassic. These different terranes are for the most part understood to reflect an alternate tectonic component, or different orogenic events. However, is mostly believed to have developed within an extensively convergent plate margin setting (Day et al., 1978, 1983; Henderson, 1980; Fergusson et al. 1988). Exposures that reveal the complete subduction

of bread and also medical instruments. The crouching man was found on what they presume was the athletics grounds; he had his mouth covered as he was trying to stop himself from inhaling the toxic fumes when the ash overcame him. (A Day in Pompeii, 2010) This crouching man was definitely not the only citizen who was catching in the ash. Younger Pliny, who was just 18 years old at the time witnessed the event unravel. He reports people attempting to climb through waves of ash to escape the horror which