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