When Disaster Strikes
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Imagine facing a wall of water 9 metres high or winds of 300 km/h. When an extreme storm hits one thing is certain the damage and destruction will be extreme. The unleashed power can flatten homes drown low-lying land in torrential rain and throw cars about like toys.
An earthquake can shift an entire city three metres make the Earth spin faster and send shudders right across the world. It is raw power at work - and then monster waves follow...These may travel thousands of kilometres across the ocean dump ships on dry land and ruin a million buildings in one fatal whoosh.
Our restless fiery Earth can erupt suddenly and violently in very many places at any moment. In fact there are at least 20 eruptions happening right now They can bury entire cities in ash cause scorching avalanches poison the air trigger tsunamis and drastically alter our climate.