Intro Blog: Finland

  Finland does experience coastal hazards especially with the rise of sea level recently.  This has been a large issue that has occurred in Finland over the last coupe of years.  The change of mean sea level is expected to increase the chances of flooding along the coasts of Finland.  Flooding is already the highest natural disaster in Finland and with sea level rising it makes it worse.  According to Think Hazard  there is a 20% chance of their being damaging coastal floods in the next 10 years in Finland.  This is not a high chance, however with the rising sea levels there is a high chance that the 20% increases to a larger percentage in the upcoming years.   How Finland mitigates coastal flooding is by having a national weather alert system alerting civilians if the area they are in has a chance at flooding.  Civilians are advised to not store crucial equipment or food in lower levels o building in towns with flood history so water doesn't...

  Finland's weather is usually pretty calm with high moisture but during the winter months the weather can take a turn to the harsher side.  Finland is known for its long cold winters especially in the northern part of the country where it is considered to have a tundra type climate.  The lowest recorded temperature in Finland was -60.7 degrees Fahrenheit.  Finland experiences extreme amounts of rain especially in the months of July and August.  This extreme amount of rainfall has caused many floods especially in places with low amounts of vegetation.  Finland also has high amounts of snow in the months of March and in Northern Finland April.   The Mitigation process for these extreme months and the extreme weather is making sure things are sanitized and that people have a good water supply, having flood protection (embanking shorelines, dredging rivers, and regulating watercourse levels).  The government spends a lot of time and money to make sur...

  Finland is not known to have many landslides but they have occurred.  According to Think Hazard  Finland is labeled as a very low threat to landslides.  Finland does have rainfall patterns, there terrain and slope, and also possibly earthquakes can make landslides a rare phenomenon if this hazard does occur.  Northern Finland has a larger amount of landslides due to its amount of rainfall and also the amount of seismic activity that occurs there.  According to ScienceDirect  the amount of landslides has increased to a total number of 121 landslides in Northern Finland since the introduction of the systematic screening of LiDAR DEMs by Palmu et al in 2015.   With how rare landslides are in Finland it is hard to find when the largest landslide in the history of Finland was.  However in 2011 a large windstorm called Cyclone Dagmar swept overt he nordic countries in Europe causing there to be small amounts of rockslides in Finland and for other...

Finland has many active volcano arcs and activity located in southern Finland.  Finland isn't known for having many active volcanos but there is some active volcanic activity.  The volcanic activity that occurs in southern Finland is similar to the volcanic activity that occurs in the Philippines.  Also the signs that are made by the volcanic activity can be seen in amphiboles in the Finnish bedrock.   Finland doesn't have any evacuation or alert system for volcanos because there is such small life threatening volcanic activity there.  Where there is volcanic activity there is low to no civilization in those areas.   Sources:  http://aikavaellus.fi/en/timeline/1900ma/

 Week 3 Earthquakes: Yes Finland does have earthquakes and quite a few of them actually according to Volcano Discovery.  The latest reported Earthquake was August 24, 2023 with a size of 3.6 magnitude.  A total of 6 earthquakes have occurred within 300 kilometers (186 miles) over the last decade.  There aren't nearly as many earthquakes in Finland as there are in Sweden, but according to the seismic map it looks like when there are earthquakes in Finland it is along the western side of the country which also happens to be the closest part of the country to Sweden or in the Northeastern most part of the country. Most of these earthquakes however rarely exceed a magnitude of 4 on the scale.         Mitigation wise the earthquakes in Finland haven't been large enough for the Finnish government to have to get involved.  However Finland did respond to the Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria by sending Euro 12 million in aid to both of those count...

 William Vasseur Week 1 The country I chose in Finland.  I chose this country because I have always been fascinated by Scandinavian countries.  Finland is located in Northern Europe not too far from the Arctic Circle.  Finland borders Sweden, Norway, and Russia.  The capital of Finland is Helsinki which is located at the bottom of Finland close to the Baltic Sea.        The differences between Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes are simple.  Hazards refer to dangerous and risky circumstances that can have enough potential to cause a threat to people.  Disasters are when a hazard fully occurs, and attacks the property and attacks human life.  A catastrophe is a specific kind of disaster, one that is extremely large and is outside the ability for humans to cope.   Week 2: Tectonic Plates Finland is located in the middle of the Eurasian tectonic plate with the closest boundary being the Eurasian plate and North American plat...