Mt St Helens: Juan De Fuca oceanic plate forced continental North American Plate, Steam melted ice causing mud and ash flows, Shipping channels were dredged to reduce flooding, Around 12 million salmon died, 51 killed – most by poisonous gases, Millions of trees replanted to safeguard timber industry, Fully grown fir trees were flattened as far away as 30km., The eruption was predicted giving time to evacuate, Flights were cancelled due to risk of ash in engines, Japan Earthquake: The east coast dropped one metre, Heat seeking equipment and sniffer dogs to locate trapped people, Electricity and phone networks went down; people died of hypothermia, Power cut meant nuclear reactor cooling systems cut out leading to explosions, Pacific Plate is forced under Eurasian Plate, 19000 killed, 500,000 homeless, Regular earthquake drills, but very few tsunami drills, Risk of cancer in local area increased, Located very close to coast which led to the uplift of the sea floor leading to tsunami, Hurricane Katrina: 1m homes destroyed; millions homeless, 7m gallons of oil spilled, Storm surge, waves 10m high broke levees, FEMA helped evacuate people to nearby states -Texas, 1833 deaths , 1200 of which were due to drowning, Tourism industry damaged – this is a popular port for cruise ships, Breeding grounds for pelicans and turtles were lost, Cholera outbreaks, New parks in place to help absorb future floodwater,

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