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Answered by Anonymous
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1) Mitigation means reducing risk of loss from the occurrence of any undesirable event. This is an important element for any insurance business so as to avoid unnecessary losses. Description: In general, mitigation means to minimize degree of any loss or harm.

2)A hazard is any agent that can cause harm or damage to humans, property, or the environment. Risk is defined as the probability that exposure to a hazard will lead to a negative consequence, or more simply, a hazard poses no risk if there is no exposure to that hazard.

3)An earthquake is what happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another. The surface where they slip is called the fault or fault plane.

4)Crop insurance is a type of protection policy that covers agricultural producers against unexpected loss of projected crop yields or profits from produce sales at market. ... Crop-yield insurance protects the expected revenue due to unexpected yields, which is the volume of a crop's harvest.

5) A hazard map is a map that highlights areas that are affected by or are vulnerable to a particular hazard. They are typically created for natural hazards, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, flooding and tsunamis. Hazard maps help prevent serious damage and deaths.

6) Rainwater harvesting is the accumulation and storage of rainwater for reuse on-site, rather than allowing it to run off.

7) a cyclone refers to any low pressure area with winds spiralling inwards. Cyclones rotate clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. ... Cyclones are also referred to as hurricanes and typhoons. They consist of the eye, eyewall and rainbands.

8)A landslide is defined as the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope

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