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Disaster Hotspot - California
- Volcanoes
- Hasn't been
an eruption
since 1915.
- A fair few being
monitored for eruption.
- Hasn't been
an eruption
since 1915.
- Droughts
- Can be caused by anticyclones.
- Can also be caused by La
Niña events as all the rain
moves towards Australia.
- Increased wind blowing from the
desert so there's no moisture in
the air to cause precipitation.
- Dry vegetation can cause wildfires.
- Can be caused by anticyclones.
- Tsunamis
- Can be caused by
earthquakes or
landslides into the sea.
- Earthquakes in the
Pacific oceans could
cause tsunamis along
the California
coastline.
- Can be caused by
earthquakes or
landslides into the sea.
- Earthquakes
- San Andreas fault line runs
the length of California.
- Conservative plate boundary -
when pressure builds up they can
suddenly jerk past each other.
- Has 2-3 earthquakes a year that are
powerful enough to damage structures.
- Good chance of a 7.0+ magnitude
hitting San Francisco by 2025.
- San Andreas fault line runs
the length of California.
- Landslides
- Occur on unstable, steep land.
- Made unstable by coastal erosion,
extreme weather or earthquakes.
- Made unstable by coastal erosion,
extreme weather or earthquakes.
- Risk is high because
of building on and
around steep slopes.
- Occur on unstable, steep land.
- Vulnerable Population
- More than 70% live within 50km of a fault line.
- A lot of building on unstable land
- Around 20% of residents are below
the poverty line - they have the
lowest capacity to cope in a disaster.
- Massive economic losses when a disaster occurs.
- More than 70% live within 50km of a fault line.
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