Natural disasters in Japan

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I am going to do my report on natural disasters in Japan. Japan has had trouble with many different natural disasters, and I am going to talk about the most common ones. The most common natural disaster is earthquakes. Japan can have up to 5000 earthquakes each year. Earthquakes can also form tsunamis, which are large waves that crash up against the shore and can wash away people, buildings, and bridges.

One other disaster is a volcanic eruption. There are many volcanoes in Japan that are still live. A volcanic eruption can pour ash and lava all over the city. This can be a big disaster.

I will also be talking about typhoons. Typhoons in Japan come in August, when it hits the heavy rain season. Typhoons can bring wind and rain that causes much damage, including landslides and floods.

TYPHOON

Typhoons are known as one of the tropical cyclones that has a wind speed of more than 17.2 meters per second. There are about 29 typhoons in a year. Typhoons are one of the worst weather systems that bring a big amount of damage and loss to their human life.

In the 1991 No.19 typhoon in Japan, there were damages in various spots in Japan. The forest were majorly damaged, especially by the salt winds. Three years after a typhoon has ruined plant life, the salt damaged trees seemed recovered, but the damage to leaves and trunks by the gale wind are not recovered and remain with injuries.

EARTHQUAKES

Earthquakes are the most common natural disaster in Japan. Japan has continuous earthquake activity because of it's position. It sits on a subduction zone, which is where one plate is being forced beneath another. It is also at the meeting point of two pieces of the giant Pacific plate, which are moving in different directions along side each other. In Japan, hardly a day will go by without an earthquake. Most of these earthquakes are very minor, though every year there are a few that are strong

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TSUNAMIS

A tsunami is another natural disaster. They occur in Japan for two reasons, one because Japan is surrounded by water. Two, because Japan has a lot of earthquakes which cause tsunamis.

A tsunami is a tidal wave. When a tsunami approaches shore it starts to slow down and grow in height. Like other water waves, tsunamis start losing energy as they get closer to shore. Some of the water energy is bounced off shore. Though this happens tsunamis still reach the coast with major amounts of energy. Tsunamis can strip beaches of sand that might have taken years ...

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