Natural disaster is the harmful impact of natural hazard events on communities. FEMA identifies 18 natural hazards including earthquakes, floods, and wildfires. Natural hazards can be geophysical or biological, affecting humans and environment
Missouri borders eight states, including Arkansas and Oklahoma. State has humid continental climate with extreme temperatures. Missouri Bootheel region is lowest, flattest, and most fertile part. St. Francois Mountains are among world's oldest at 1.5 billion years
Australia is the world's smallest continent and sixth-largest country. Total coastline length is 35,821 km with 23,860 km of island coastlines. Contains 758 estuaries and 8,866 km2 of tidal flat area. No land borders, largest area of ocean jurisdiction on Earth
Landslides are various ground movements including rockfalls, mudflows and slope failures. Six main types recognized: falls, topples, slides, spreads, flows and slope deformations. Slides can be shallow (few decimeters to meters) or deep-seated (below tree rooting depth)
United States includes 48 states, Alaska, Hawaii, and five overseas territories. Borders Canada to north and Mexico to south. Total area is 9,826,675 km² (3,794,100 sq mi). Second largest Exclusive Economic Zone at 11,351,000 km²
Earth has warmed by 1 degree Celsius since Industrial Revolution. 2023 was hottest year on record, all 10 hottest in past decade. Climate change encompasses rising temperatures and natural disasters