PART A

TROPICAL CYCLONE YASI

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GEOGRAPHICAL PROCESSES

• water erosion were one of the main causes
• Land clearing/habitat destruction leads up to cyclones
• An area of low pressure
• Severe winds
• Rainfall

IMPACTS OF THE CYCLONE

• The cyclone damaged the Great Barrier Reef dramatically
• Approximately 15% of coral was damaged severely
• Homes were destroyed
• Families were lost

THE RESPONSES GIVEN

BLACK SATURDAY BUSHFIRE

The Black Saturday bush fires were a series of severe bushfires that caused burning all across the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday, 7 February 2009. This disaster occurred during extreme bushfire weather conditions which lead up to about 400 individual fires

GEOGRAPHICAL PROCCESSES

• Heat waves across SA and Victoria

IMPACTS OF THE BUSHFIRE

• Approximately 4.4 billion worth of damage
• Over 1800 homes were destroyed

THE RESPONSES GIVEN

SIMILARITIES IN THE PROCESSES

• Habbitat destruction
• Homes and families destroyed
• Costed a enormous amount of damge

DIFFERENCES IN THE PROCESSES

• One hazard was fire based, one wasn't
• Different locations

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Saturday_bushfires