Input+from+Turkey

· = __Thanks to our friends in Turkey for the following information!__ =

= = __**Name**__**:** Uğurcan __**Age**__: 11 **__School__**: Enka Schools **__Country__**: Turkey Earthquake, fire, flood We do emergency evacuation practices at home and at school The biggest earthquake was on the 17th of August 1999. It was more than a disaster. So many buildings were demolished because of that earthquake and so many people died. Many people were trapped under the collapsed buildings.
 * · **What “Severe Weather /Natural Disasters (SW-ND)”does your country/city experience?**
 * · **How do you and you community prepare for, or get through, such SW-ND events?**
 * **What was the most famous such SW-ND event that your country/city has experienced?**



· **__Name__**: Yigitsoy Yigit · **__Age__**: 12 · **School**: Enka Schools · **__Country__**: Turkey

Mostly we have earthquakes. In our school we have emergency evacuations. When the alarm rings, we are hide under our desks. When the alarm is stops, we are go outside. In 1999, we had a massive earthquake in Istanbul. 17,480 people died. The earthquake measured 7.5 on the Richter scale.
 * · **What “Severe Weather /Natural Disasters (SW-ND)”does your country/city experience?**
 * · **How do you and you community prepare for, or get through, such SW-ND events?**
 * · **What was the most famous such SW-ND event that your country/city has experienced?**