Natural disasters in russia
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NATURAL DISASTERS IN RUSSIA
BAKIEVA ELVIRA
HURRICANE – IS AN EXTREMELY VIOLENT WIND OR STORM.
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DIFFERENT REGIONS OF RUSSIA REGULARLY SUFFER FROM HURRICANES
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FLOOD – IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT COVERS AN AREA WHICH IS
USUALLY DRY
LAST YEAR THERE WAS THE BIGGEST FLOOD IN THE FAR EAST OF OUR
COUNTRY. IT LASTED FOUR MONTHS.
Drought – is a period with no rains.
HEAT WAVE IN THE SUMMER OF 2012 AND 2013 LED TO AN
EXTENSIVE DROUGHT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS SUFFER BIG LOSSES DURING DROUGHTS AND AS A RESULT
WE SEE PRICE INCREASE
DAMAGE FROM THE DROUGHTS IN 2012 AND 2013 IN RUSSIA WAS 25,6 BILLION
RUBLES
FOREST FIRES START AS A RESULT OF EXTREMELY HIGH
TEMPERATURES
IN RECENT THREE YEARS THERE WERE A LOT OF FOREST FIRES IN MANY REGIONS
OF RUSSIA
TYPHOON – IS A KIND OF TROPICAL CYCLONE WHICH IS TYPICAL FOR THE
NORTH-WEST PACIFIC
TYPHOONS COME TO THE SHORES OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST, AS A RULE, AFTER
KOREA TAKES THEIR MAIN BLOW
EARTHQUAKE – IS A SHAKING OF GROUND. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
DEVASTATING DISASTERS
ONE OF THE LARGEST EARTHQUAKES IN OUR COUNTRY WAS ON 25 MAY IN 1995 ON
SAKHALIN ISLAND.
TORNADO – IS A VIOLENT WIND STORM WHICH CONSISTS OF A TALL COLUMN OF
AIR SPINNING AROUND VERY FAST
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TORNADOES HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY OBSERVED IN RUSSIA IN
RECENT YEARS
AVALANCHE- IS A LARGE MASS OF SNOW FALLING DOWN THE SIDE OF A
MOUNTAIN
A FAMOUS RUSSIAN FILM DIRECTOR SERGEY BODROV WAS KILLED ALONG WITH HIS CREW FINDING THEMSELVES UNDER AN AVALANCHE IN 2002