Define a disaster. State any three effects of a
disaster.
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Answer:
Disasters may be explosions, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornados, or fires. In a disaster, you face the danger of death or physical injury. You may also lose your home, possessions, and community. Such stressors place you at risk for emotional and physical health problems.
Answer: A disaster is a sudden, calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material, and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community's or society's ability to cope using its own resources. Though often caused by nature, disasters can have human origins.
However, it has been found that disasters can be classified into three types: (1) natural; (2) man-made; and (3) hybrid
Direct and indirect losses distinguish between the immediate and delayed losses as a result of a disaster. Direct losses refer to the physical or structural impact caused by the disaster such as the destruction of infrastructure caused by the force of high winds, flooding or ground shaking
Here are 8 of the deadliest natural disasters
1. Papua New Guinea: Earthquake. ...
2. North Korea: Floods. ...
3. Pakistan: Heat Wave. ...
4. Nigeria: Floods. ...
5. Japan: Floods. ...
6. India: Floods. ...
7. Guatemala: Volcanic Eruption. ...
8. Indonesia: Tsunami.