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On February 18, 1979, snow fell in several places in southern Algeria, including a half-hour snowstorm that stopped traffic in Ghardaa, and was reported as being "for the first time in living memory".[22] The snow was gone within hours.[23] Several Saharan mountain ranges, however, receive snow on a more regular basis. Although relative humidity is low in the arid environment, the absolute humidity is sufficiently high for moisture to condense when driven up a mountain range. In winter, temperatures drop low enough on the Tahat summit to cause snow on average every three years; the Tibesti Mountains receive snow on peaks over 2,500 meters (8,200 ft) once every seven years on average.[24][25] On January 18, 2012, snow fell in several places in western Algeria. Strong winds blew the snow across roads and buildings in Bchar Province
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What Is An Avalanche?
An avalanche is a phenomenon in which the entire layer of snow over a mountain or a slope breaks off naturally or from human triggering with rapid speed down slope. Avalanches are usually composed of flowing snow and are very much different from land slides, rock slides etc.
While dry avalanches are like clouds of powder hiding beneath is the rapidly moving snow which is considered to be its core that is a fluidized mix of air and ice particles in a ratio of 70 30 percent. On the other hand the most dangerous of the avalanches are the slab avalanches in which a huge chunk of solid snow in form of a slab breaks away from the slope in the process sliding across a layer of lose snow crystals that are underneath it. Slab avalanches are usually caused by skiers and they destroy every thing in their path.
Major Earthquake Zones And Disasters Earthquakes are one of the most hazardous of natural disasters. An earthquake happens due to the tension put on the ground by the tectonic plates when they get jammed or stuck.
Earthquake Fault Lines Fault lines are the lines that blot a frontier flanked by two tectonic tableware of the Earth's coating. In places where earthquakes frequently occur, the measurement lengthwise of these liability lines.
Volcanoes And Some Historic Eruptions Volcano - it conjures up vivid, lucid images of red-hot lava spewing out of a looming mountain, like mountain of fireworks gone astray, bruising and charring everything that dares to come in its way.
Cascade Killer
Perhaps the worst avalanches reported in the history of United States Of America was the avalanche of Willington, Washington. The disaster occurred on March the 1st 1910. This avalanche is known in the history as Willington snow slide. A huge mass of snow fell from the Cascade Mountains and went down on Wellington hitting the railroad station area. The entire station along with carriages, rails, three locomotives and other debris were taken away and buried 150 feet underneath the gorge. Leaving behind 150 dead and dozens injured and severely wounded.
The Natural Disasters Since time unknown the human race has been plagued by disasters that are caused by nature such as storms, floods and earthquakes.
The Earth Awaits Several Disasters With In The Next 6 Years There are three valid reasons based on the new emerging geophysical conditions of earth that make us conclude that mother earth has entered the difficult period of six years from 2007 to 2012.