Multi-Hazard environments

Question 1

What are multi hazardous zones around the world?

Answer 1

Philippines, Japan, USA

Question 2

What is a Multi-hazardous zone?

Answer 2

Places where two or more natural hazards occur and, in some cases, interact to produce complex disasters

Question 3

What are the common locations for multi-hazard zones like?

Answer 3

Tectonically active and so earthquakes are common, are geologically young with unstable mountain zones prone to landslides and avalanches, are often on major storm tracks either in the mis-latitudes or on tropical cyclone tracks, may suffer from global climate anomalies such as El Nino and La Nina

Question 4

Give an example of how linked climatic hazards can contribute to tectonic disasters.

Answer 4

During the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines the are was struck by Typhoon Yunga. Heavy rainfall from the typhoon mobilised volcanic ash into destructive lahars.