2012 Natural Disasters

Here is a list of the most common and purported 2012everywhere on earth. And this is only from one super
Natural Disasters.volcano. There are 7 known super volcanoes in the
2012 Natural Disaster #1 - Super Volcanoesworld according to the Discovery Channel - the
The most talked about super volcano that will eruptYellowstone, Long Valley, and Valles Calderas in the
when 2012 approaches, is the giant one sittingUnited States; Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia;
underneath Yellow Stone National Park in Wyoming,Taupo Volcano, North Island, New Zealand; Aira
USA. The park actually borders the states of IdahoCaldera, Kagoshima Prefecture,
and Montana, meaning the volcano does as well.Kyūshū, Japan; and the
In the past millions of years, eruptions from theSiberian Traps, Russia.
Yellowstone super volcano have produced the of the2012 Natural Disaster #2 - Earthquakes
two largest volcanic eruptions in North America.Part of the fear of 2012 is that major earthquakes will
The University of Utah states, "These eruptions leftoccur. Volcanoes, landslides and fault lines in the earth
behind huge volcanic depressions called "calderas" andcan all set off earthquakes. The effects of an
spread volcanic ash over large parts of North Americaearthquake include fire, shaking and splitting of the
(see map). If another large caldera-forming eruptionearth, landslides, avalanches, floods, tsunamis and of
were to occur at Yellowstone, its effects would becourse, death.
worldwide. Thick ash deposits would bury vast areas2012 Natural Disaster #3 - Tsunamis and Large Tidal
of the United States, and injection of huge volumes ofWaves
volcanic gases into the atmosphere could drasticallyAs mentioned earthquakes can cause tsunamis and
affect global climate. "major tidal waves. Asia in most recent years has been
In a nutshell, the effects of this volcano will be feltheavily affected by major tidal waves.