Natural Disaster Causes

The Earth and the solar system in which we live in was created as a result of natural disaster about 14 million years ago. Ever since that first historic bang, the Earth has continued to create natural forces and phenomenon's in and around our home planet. The fact is that the earth is still cooling down from the explosion of the big bang. In order to completely understand natural disasters and how they occur, we must first understand this phenomenon that causes them. Natural disasters are commonly caused by one of two forces, the first being a result of a shift of the Earth's tectonic plates, or the second being related to disasters caused because of extreme weather.

Natural disasters caused by movement in the earth, strike with minimal warnings and we have no control over these occurrences. The second cause of natural disasters is extreme weather conditions, although we do not have any control over weather situations, we do have the ability to track and predict these extreme conditions in order to be better prepared for what might be coming out way.

The roots of natural disaster on earth commonly begin as a result of the intense heat in the Earth’s core caused by scotching hot matter known as magma. When the steam cannot escape the high temperatures inside the Earth, it begins to build up pressure. This heat continues to build pressure until it is finally released in the form of lava, volcanic ash, harmful gases spewing from a volcano. The mountain-like mounds that we associate with volcanoes are what remain after the material spewed during eruptions is collected and hardened around the vent. Earthquake activity beneath a volcano increases before an eruption because magma and volcanic gas must first force their way up through...

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