Natural Forces and Structural Resilience

Hi everyone, welcome back to Maple's World of Curiosity! Today,

you will learn how powerful natural events—like storms, earthquakes, and floods—create

forces that can damage both natural environments and human-built structures. By the end of this

video, you should be able to identify natural events that cause forces,

describe how they affect natural and built structures, and explain how engineers study

these events to design stronger, safer buildings. Nature is full of powerful events

called natural phenomena—rare or extreme events like hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes,

volcanic eruptions, floods, and avalanches. These events create huge forces that