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Group members
 Ali Raza Wains (16913)

 Farhan Ahmad (16917)

 Muhammad Zubair (16925)

 Zaman Ali Sandhu (16946)

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Topic

Natural Disaster &

Its Pollution
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Contents
• Natural Disasters
• Categories
• Types
• Impacts
• Prevention
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Natural Disaster
• A Natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting
from natural processes of the Earth.
• Events that occur in unpopulated areas are not
considered disasters. 
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Examples
• Thunderstorm
•  Earthquake
•  Flood
•  Volcano Eruption
•   Hurricane
•  Landslide
•  Drought
•  Tornado
•  Tsunami
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Earthquake
A sudden movement of the earth's crust caused by
the release of stress collected along faults or by
volcanic activity
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Measurement of earthquake
• Earthquakes are measured using measurements
from seismometer.
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Pollution by earthquake
• Air pollution
• Water pollution
• Ground pollution
• Climate change
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Impacts on Environment
• collapsing buildings
• property damage
• mud slides
• fires
• floods
• tsunamis
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Volcano Eruption
A vent in the earth's crust through which lava,
steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously
or at irregular intervals.
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Pollution by volcanic eruptions

• Volcanic eruptions release large quantities of
greenhouse gases.
• It also causes Land pollution
• Water is highly contaminated by volcano
eruption.
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Impacts on Environment
• Houses, buildings, and other structures
destroyed
• Fires
• Toxic gases released into the atmosphere
• Carbon dioxide emitted from volcanoes adds to
the natural greenhouse effect.
• Loss of habitat
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Flood
A temporary rise of the water level, as in a river or
lake or along a seacoast, resulting in its spilling over
and out of its natural or artificial confines onto land
that is normally dry.
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Effects of Floods
Economic
• During floods (especially flash floods), roads,
bridges, farms, houses and automobiles are
destroyed. People become homeless. All these come
at a heavy cost to people and the government.
 Environment
• The environment also suffers when floods happen.
Chemicals and other hazardous substances end up
in the water and eventually contaminate the water
bodies that floods end up in
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Impacts on Environment
• Disease
• Loss of habitat
• Houses, buildings, and other structures
destroyed
• Household wastes get into the water system
• Power outages
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Hurricanes
• A hurricane is a huge storm! It can be up to 600
miles across and have strong winds spiraling
inward and upward at speeds of 75 to 200 mph.
• Hurricanes gather heat and energy through
contact with warm ocean waters
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Types of Hurricanes
hurricane" (the North Atlantic Ocean, the Northeast
Pacific Ocean east of the dateline, or the South Pacific
Ocean east of 160E)

typhoon" (the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the

dateline)
severe tropical cyclone" (the Southwest Pacific
Ocean west of 160E or Southeast Indian Ocean east of
90E)
severe cyclonic storm" (the North Indian Ocean)
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Pollution by Hurricanes

Water Diseases are followed by hurricane

Hurricanes spread air pollution at high level

Air is being polluted by hurricanes

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Impact on Environment
• Erosion
• Houses, buildings, and other structures
destroyed
• Heavy flooding of inland areas
• Tornadoes
• Loss of power
• Contaminated water supply
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Drought
• A period of below-average precipitation in a
given region.
• A drought can last for months or years, or may
be declared after as few as 15 days.
• The 1930s Dust Bowl drought and the 1950s
drought.
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• young trees die

• dried up lakes and other water sources
• loss of livestock and crops
• losses or destruction of fish and wildlife habitat
• lack of food and drinking water for wild animals
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Tsunami
• An unusually large sea wave produced by a
seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
• Tsunami are sometimes referred to as tidal
waves
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Pollution by Tsunami
• Land pollution (Debris come out from water)
• Water Pollution (By adding dangerous chemicals
in it)
•  Salination of water bodies such as rivers, wells,
inland lakes, and groundwater aquifers can
occur in most cases.
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Impacts on Environment
• houses, buildings, and other structures
destroyed
• loss of power
• erosion
• fresh water contaminated
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Prevention
• We can’t control the natural disaster But we can
prevent it.
• By making early warning system
• By having first aid box.
• By making underground shelters.
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