The impacts of natural hazards

Students should be able to describe and explain the effects of natural hazards on individuals and the environment, including: tectonic events causing damage to structures and infrastructure, fires, tsunamis, landslides, loss of agricultural land and habitats, waterborne diseases, fatalities, psychological trauma, and economic impacts; tropical cyclones leading to flooding, fatalities, economic losses, damage to structures and infrastructure, loss of crops and habitats, and waterborne diseases; flooding resulting in fatalities, loss of livestock and crops, damage to structures and infrastructure, contamination of drinking water, waterborne diseases, and economic losses; droughts causing organism deaths, depletion of water sources, reduced crop yields, starvation, increased soil erosion, desertification, poorer air quality, and heightened wildfire risks.