近来的自然和人为灾害的英语介绍.pptVIP

Nature Disasters;tsunami ;2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami;Earthquake;In February 27th,2010,an earthquake measured 8.8 magnitude happened in Chile.Over 800 people are killed in the earthquake.; As we all know, Japan was hit by an earthquake,magnitude 9.0 at around 2:46pm 3.11.2011. This is the biggest earthquake I have ever heard so far in my life.;Volcanic eruption; A large eruption occurred on 21 May 2011. This time it was the volcano, located under the thick ice of one of Europes largest glaciers.It is one of Icelands most active volcanoes .;;;;;After the earthquake;Man-made;Aral Sea ;By 2007, it had declined to 10% of its original size, splitting into four lakes . By 2009, the southeastern lake had disappeared and the southwestern lake retreated to a thin strip at the extreme west of the former southern sea.;The Gulf of Mexico oil spill ;Bhopal disaster ; The spill caused extensive damage to marine and wildlife habitats and to the Gulfs fishing and tourism industries. By 9 July 2011, roughly 491 miles (790 kilometers) of coastline in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida remained contaminated by BP oil;A leak of methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals from the plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. The toxic substance made its way in and around the shantytowns located near the plant.;Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile 5.2.0.0. Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd.;Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant ;As a result, reactor No. 4 was completely destroyed and has since been enclosed in a concrete and lead sarcophagus to prevent further escape of radiation. ;Large areas of Europe were affected by the accident. The radiation cloud spread as far away as Norway, in Scandinavia ;the government of Madhya Pradesh has confirmed a total of 3,787 deaths related to the gas release. Others estimate 3,000 died within weeks and another 8,000 have since died from gas-related diseases.;Evaluation onl