Take the Celiac Disease Quiz to learn the causes, symptoms, and treatments for the condition caused by an allergy to gluten, a digestive irritant found in many common foods. Read more: Celiac Disease (Celiac Sprue) Quiz: Test Your Digestive Disease IQ.
Natural disasters fall into three broad groups: 1. Those caused by movements of the Earth. These occur with the minimum amount of warning and include earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. They are difficult to predict and impossible to stop.
Causes of flooding. A flood occurs when a river bursts its banks and the water spills onto the floodplain. Flooding tends to be caused by heavy rain: the faster the rainwater reaches the river channel [river channel: The part of the river that holds the water. ], the more likely it is to flood.