Sir Christon Turner
Earth Science Forces Project
Wind Force
Hurricane Ike
* September13, 2008
*category 2 hurricane
*3rd most expensive hurricane
*$27 billion in damages
*60% of oyster beds lost sedimentation
Landslides
Nile landslide
Yakima County in Washington
*October 11, 2009
*410closed due to mudslides
*Mudslide were 200-300 ft. long
Ice Tsunami
Lake Mille Lacs In Minnesota
*May 12, 2013
* destroyed several homes
* winds pushed the ice ashore
Water/ Rain
Sudan Flood
*August 6, 2013
* heavy rains killed at least 36 people
* worst place hit by flood was the Rive Nile State
Wave Action
Okefenokee Swamp
* Formed 5 million years ago
* largest swamp in North America
*caused by rock and water