#Disasters

Geography · 4 min read What is a cloudburst? Causes, dangers and how to stay safe The weather office's definition, why cloudbursts strike the hills, the danger of flash floods and landslides, and the rules for staying safe in heavy mountain rain. Geography · 4 min read Why earthquakes happen: causes, measurement and how to stay safe Tectonic plates, the focus and the epicentre, what the Richter scale means, India's great earthquakes and how "drop, cover, hold on" can save your life. Geography · 3 min read The biggest tsunamis: from Lituya Bay to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami The tallest tsunami ran about 524 metres up a hillside at Lituya Bay in 1958; the deadliest struck the Indian Ocean in 2004. How tsunamis form, and how India now warns its coasts.