Question

Do you think the magnitude of loss caused by the disaster could have been reduced ? Give reasons

Answer 1

Answer:

Vulnerability refers to the manner in which a disaster will influence human life and property Vulnerability to a given risk relies upon:  

• Proximity to a possible perilous / dangerous place
• Inhabitants thickness in the zone proximal to the perilous place
• Logical comprehension/ marks of the peril/ dangerous place
• State-funded instruction and attention to the risk  
• Presence or non-presence of early-cautioning frameworks and lines of correspondence  
• Accessibility and status of crisis framework  
• Development styles and construction laws  
• Social factors that impact open reaction to alerts  
• By and large, less developed nations are more powerless against common dangers than are industrialized nations as a result of the absence of getting, instruction, foundation, construction laws, and so on. Destitution additionally assumes a job - since neediness prompts poor structure, expanded populace thickness, and absence of correspondence and foundation.  

Human intercession in normal procedures can likewise build helplessness by  :

• Advancement and home of terrains/ rocks powerless to dangers, For instance, expanding on floodplains subject to floods, ocean bluffs subject to avalanches, coastlines subject to sea storms and floods, or volcanic eruptions.
• Expanding the seriousness of a cataclysmic event. For instance: overgrazing or deforestation prompting progressively extreme disintegration (floods, avalanches), mining groundwater prompting subsidence, development of streets on unsteady rocks or notwithstanding adding to an unnatural weather change, prompting increasingly serious storms.
• Hazard and powerlessness can here and there be decreased if there is a sufficient method for anticipating an unsafe occasion.  

Prediction

Prediction includes:  

An announcement of the likelihood that an occasion will happen dependent on logical perception  

Such perception, for the most part, includes observing of the procedure so as to recognize some sort of forerunner event(s) - a peculiar little physical change that might be known to prompt an additionally annihilating occasion. - Examples:  

Sea storms are known to go through a few phases of improvement: tropical discouragement - typhoon - storm. When tropical wretchedness is recognized, observing enables meteorologists to foresee to what extent the advancement will take and the possible way of the tempest.  

Volcanic eruptions are typically gone before by an unexpected increment in the number of quakes promptly beneath the spring of lava and changes in the concoction synthesis of the gases transmitted from a volcanic vent. In the event that these are intently checked, volcanic emissions can be frequently be anticipated with sensible precision.  

Forecasting

Once in a while "forecasting" is utilized synchronously with expectation and different occasions it isn't.  

In the expectation of floods, typhoons, and other climate-related wonders the word conjecture alludes to momentary forecast as far as the extent, area, date, and time of an occasion. The vast majority of us know about climate conjectures.  

In the expectation of quakes, the word figure is utilized in a considerably less exact manner - alluding to a long haul likelihood that isn't explicit as far as the specific time that the occasion will happen. For instance: Prior to October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta Earthquake (likewise, know as the World Series Earthquake) the U.S. Land Survey had estimated a half likelihood that an expansive quake would happen around there inside the following 30 years. Indeed, even after the occasion, the present conjecture is for a 63% likelihood that a noteworthy quake will happen around there in the following 30 years.  

Early Warning  

A notice is an explanation that a high likelihood of an unsafe occasion will happen, in view of an expectation or gauge. On the off chance that a notice is issued, it ought to be taken as an explanation that "typical schedules of life ought to be adjusted to manage the risk forced by the fast-approaching occasion".  

The adequacy of a notice relies upon:  

The practicality of the notice  

Viable correspondences and open data frameworks to illuminate the open regarding the fast approaching risk.  

The validity of the sources from which the notice came.  

Admonitions are issued past the point of no return, or in the event that there are no methods for dispersing the data, at that point, there won't be time enough or responsiveness to the notice. On the off chance that admonitions are issued untrustworthy without dependable information or sources, at that point they will probably be overlooked. Therefore, the general population in charge of making a move in case of a potential debacle won't react.

Answer 2

Answer:

As per the World Health Organization, during the time period of 1964 and 1983, extreme natural disasters killed almost 2.5 million people and there were around 750 millions left homeless and injured.

However, there are unprecedented opportunities available in science and technology that can respond to the contingent need to mitigate the adverse impact of natural calamities if only Govt choose to initiate this cause.