Scribd
Upload
29 views

Weekly News - : Global, Current, Simple

1) The ski resort SMF has seen an increase in small avalanches and two residents discuss the impact on their lives. 2) Avalanches can be caused by rising temperatures, loud noises, steep slopes, lack of tree cover or additional weight and destroy homes, infrastructure and kill people. 3) Ways to prevent avalanches include building barriers, using pyramid roof designs, purposefully triggering avalanches, and monitoring unstable areas.

Uploaded by

Veronica
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
29 views

Weekly News - : Global, Current, Simple

1) The ski resort SMF has seen an increase in small avalanches and two residents discuss the impact on their lives. 2) Avalanches can be caused by rising temperatures, loud noises, steep slopes, lack of tree cover or additional weight and destroy homes, infrastructure and kill people. 3) Ways to prevent avalanches include building barriers, using pyramid roof designs, purposefully triggering avalanches, and monitoring unstable areas.

Uploaded by

Veronica
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

Weekly news--------- Global, Current, Simple AVALANCHES

The ski resort SMF has recently seen an


increase in the number of small avalanches
in the area, and today we’re going to tell
you all about avalanches and how to reduce
the risk of one happening. We’re also going
to include an interview with one of the
residents at the village near the resort. An
avalanche is a mass of snow and ice that
falls down a mountain at a very high speed,
causing destruction. There are two types of
avalanches: Slab and Powder. A slab
avalanche is a thick layer of snow that has 3) make manmade avalanches before the skiers come, in this way there will be less
not stuck well to the layer below. A powder probability of one happening when there are lots of people.
avalanche is a misty cloud that is 70% air 4) monitor the unstable places and close them off.
and 30% ice particles. Avalanches are Avalanches can still happen, but in this way, you can make your town and resort
usually caused by sudden rising much safer.
temperatures which make the snow that
acted as a barrier melt, loud noises or A few people have lost homes
vibrations which make the snow fall, steep due to the avalanches near the
slopes which have more gravity, no rock resort. “me and my family have
underneath to support the snow, been left leaving on the
streets.” The victim Lucia Haely
deforestation because trees act like
said. “we are in 6, and everyday
barriers, and additional weight (skiers,
getting food is a problem, as
climbers, snow boarders, etc.). Avalanches
the bank has been destroyed
can be very dangerous because they can too. We were left with less than
cause serious damage, to houses and to 8€ a day.” There has also
people. They can cause many deaths, like recently been an economic
on the 25th of April 2015, where a huge crisis due to the bank getting
avalanche caused by an earthquake in destroyed. But Lucia isn’t the
Nepal killed over 9000 people, destroyed an only one left on the streets.
entire village and injured many people who “rather than for hunger we die
of cold.” Roberto Menegili says.
are still in bad conditions now. An avalanche
“I’ve already lost my wife
can be prevented in many ways, but the
thanks to the cold, and that left
most common and successful ways are: me alone with my two sons.”
Fortunately, a shelter has
1) Build barriers to slow them down
already opened to help the
2) Make houses with pyramid shaped
citizens who have lost money
roofs. and homes.

Go on https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=wq7xJTK5eE-pKRP7Ly8tOedtEeXw8bVPhzGuOEqU6aRUREY3R0Y5OENCR08wTktDRE5SUkk3UTdBMS4u to see
how much you understood about avalanches.

You might also like