Natural Disasters

by Bushkids

Saturday’s show focused on natural disasters ranging from tornadoes to floods, which affect not only communities within Cape Town but communities within the world. Other natural disasters touched on were: volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and hurricanes (seasonal storms). Disasters such as these pose a threat not only to human and animal life but equally as important they pose a threat to plant life as well.

Volcanoes: they are amongst the most powerful forces in nature. When a volcano erupts, lava comes up from the earth's core. An eruption in itself may be a disaster due to the fact that during the eruption, if some lava from previous eruptions hardened within the chute, this 'rock' will be thrust into the air during the explosion. furthermore, the gases sometimes emitted by the volcano prior to eruption are hazardous.