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A natural phenomenon is an event that occurs psychically which has not been produced by human nature, but may have an effect on them. Natural disasters are caused by nature. Man-made disasters are caused by humans, usually because humans were not aware of the behavior of nature or did not know enough about nature to design things to withstand nature. Until humans came along, these things were not calamities or disasters; they were simply part of the way the world works. Once humans started building towns and cities and happened to build them in places where severe storms and floods and earthquakes and volcanoes and wild fires happened, that is when we called these things natural disasters. There are a lot of things that are typically responsible for natural disasters. Each of these things that cause chaos tends to destroy the earth and communities when they occur. I think the three main things responsible for natural disasters are Geysers, Fire whirls and Sand storms.

Geysers

Geysers are hot springs which, by a buildup of pressure, erupt and shoot water into the air. Geysers occur worldwide but most geysers occur in the Yellowstone National Park. The world’s tallest geyser, Steamboat, shoots 90m into the air in the Yellowstone Park. Geysers can, like most natural phenomena, be unpredictable and this has proved deadly when people wishing to see an eruption get too close in a fit of impatience. For a guaranteed geyser eruption Old Faithful in Yellowstone offers the best bet for tourists in America. Strokkur on Iceland erupts far more often than Old Faithful and can rival that geyser for height in major eruptions though. The impact of geysers can be very dangerous because when one occurs many people are killed and their homes are destroyed in the aftermath. Here’s an example of the negative impact geysers have. In 1903, four tourists visiting New Zealand got caught in a geyser jet in Waimangu Valley. The eruption killed all four people and carried them more than a...