Selected readings on disasters

Part One  Geological Disasters
　Unit One  Earthquakes
　　Text A  Squeezing Water from Rock
　　Text B  Can We Save California?
　　Text C  Earthquakes Shake Northern Italy
　Unit Two  Mudslides and Landslides
　　Text A  Hundreds Killed in Rio de Janeiro Mudslides
　　Text B  When Land Slides
　　Text C  Papua New Guinea: Dozens Dead and Missing in
Landslide
　Unit Three  Tsunamis
　　Text A  Going Vertical: Fleeing Tsunamis by Moving up, Not
out
　　Text B  Tsunami Wreaks Mental Health Havoc
　　Text C  Indonesia: Inadequate Relief Endangers Disaster
Victims
　Unit Four  Volcano Eruptions
　　Text A  Deepest Explosive Eruption on Sea Floor: Underwater
Remotely
　　　　  Operated Vehicle Jason Images Discovery
　　Text B  Volcanic Ash Cloud Leaves Hundreds of Thousands
Stranded
　　　　 in Europe
　　Text C  Could a Changing Climate Set off Volcanoes and
Quakes?
Part Two  Meteorological Disasters
　Unit One  Floods
　　Text A  Queensland Crisis Points to Lack of Flood Mitigation
and Basic
　　　　 Infrastructure
　　Text B  More Deaths As a "Wall of Water" Engulfs
Queensland
　　　　 Towns
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