Question

Illustrate a brief distinction between accident and disaster and give a relevant example of each

Answer 1

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✥Accident refers to careless action performed by a person which results in self destruction or destruction of others.

✥Risky behaviour on the other hand refers to such action due to which there may be destruction of others or himself.

✥For example :-

drinking and driving is referred to as a risky behaviour which leads to an accident such as road traffic accident. Hence risky behaviour should be stopped by education of masses.

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✥A disaster is a serious disruption occurring over a short or long period of time that causes widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.

✥A natural disaster can cause loss of life or damage property, and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake, the severity of which depends on the affected population's resilience (ability to recover) and also on the infrastructure available.

✥A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples are floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, storms, and other geologic processes.