- Today I learned that TSUNAMI (plural: tsunamis or tsunami; from Japanese) "harbour wave" is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, generally an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations of underwater nuclear devices), landslides, glacier calvings, meteorite impacts and other disturbances above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami.Tsunami waves do not resemble normal sea waves, because their wavelength is far longer. Rather than appearing as a breaking wave, a tsunami may instead initially resemble a rapidly rising tide, and for this reason they are often referred to as tidal waves. Tsunamis generally consist of a series of waves with periods ranging from minutes to hours, arriving in a so-called "wave train". Wave heights of tens of metres can be generated by large events. Although the impact of tsunamis is limited to coastal areas, their destructive power can be enormous and they can affect entire ocean basins;Wave heights of tens of metres can be generated by large events. Although the impact of tsunamis is limited to coastal areas, their destructive power can be enormous and they can affect entire ocean basins; the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was among the deadliest natural disasters in human history with over 230,000 people killed in 14 countries bordering the Indian Ocean.
- I will apply my learnings and insights in sharing information about this in my everyday life to become aware if what will be gonna do when there is tsunami in our place.
- Learning about this are important because if we do not know what are the effects of this how can we able to prepare ourselves in such situations like this.
- On a larger scale, I will share my learnings on this to help others be aware and for them to be prepared on the things that might happen when there is tsunami.
- I need to know more about typhoon signal because I want to know more information about this phenomenon for me to be easier to share to others what I had learned.
