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    …………………………………………………………………………..…………….8 Natural disasters introduction A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (e.g.‚ flood‚ tornado‚ hurricane‚ volcanic eruption‚ earthquake‚ heatwave‚ or landslide). It leads to financial‚ environmental or human losses. The resulting loss depends on the vulnerability of the affected population to resist the hazard‚ also called their resilience. This understanding is concentrated in the formulation: "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability." A natural hazard will hence

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    ------------------------------------------------- Natural disasternatural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ tsunami‚ volcanic‚ earthquakes‚ tornadoes and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover. The causes of natural disasters are many. Human activities

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    Natural Disasters Throughout earth‚ the life of an average person can change because of one day’s events. Communities that had been established over numerous decades can become a pile of rubble in a matter of hours and even minutes. The effect of a natural disaster can change a community forever. A natural disaster is anything that causes harm or damage from nature. Natural disasters can strike any part of the world‚ sometimes predicted others not. Japan is the one of the countries‚ most affected

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    Natural Disasters The government has come under fire quite a few times following natural disasters. Their main responsibility in response to these disasters is to provide the tools citizens in the affected area need to recover as quickly as possible. The first and most important response is to food and water needs of the displaced. The communication of the distribution location has proven to be difficult to find out immediately after the destruction takes place. Also‚ extended shelter seems

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    Introduction A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover. An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in an area without

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    are affected by natural disasters. These may be caused by climate change such as drought‚ flood‚ and cyclone‚ the environment such as pollution‚ deforestation‚ desertification‚ pest infestation or combinations of these‚ or the destroy of ozone layer will contribute to the green house effect. People’s homes are wiped out and livelihoods are destroyed. Poverty‚ population pressures and environmental degradation mean that increasing numbers of people are vulnerable to natural disasters. In Australia

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    There is a difference between natural hazardsand natural disasters. A hazard is an event orobject that is a potential source of harm to a community. A disaster occurs as the result of ahazardous event that dramatically affects a community. There are six broad types of hazards:1. Atmospheric Ð for example‚ cyclones‚ hailstorms‚blizzards or bushfires2. Hydrological Ð for example‚ flooding‚ waveaction or glaciers3. Geological Ð for example‚ earthquakes orvolcanoes4. Biological Ð for example‚ disease

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    INTRODUCTION A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ severe weather‚volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover.[1] An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in an

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    Natural Disaster Everyone knows about flood‚ but did you being in that situation? Can you imagine how painful the victims feel? What is the things that we can do to help them or just sitting at home and watching the victims suffering from the flood? The effects of the natural disaster and measure taken to help the victims. The effects of the natural disaster cause physical damage. For example‚ bridges‚ cars‚ buildings‚ sewer systems‚ roadways‚ canals and any other type of structure. More over

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    NS103 FORMAL REPORT: NATURAL DISASTERS GROUP MEMBERS: BASE‚ Aron Christoper V. CASTILLO‚ Jonathan Nelson E. GUEVARA‚ Steven Kristian L. 4ISB FEBRUARY 11‚ 2014 Avalanches While avalanches are sudden‚ the warning signs are almost always numerous before they let loose. Yet in 90 percent of avalanche incidents‚ the victim or someone in the victim’s party triggers the snow slides. Avalanches kill more than 150 people worldwide each year. Most are snowmobilers‚ skiers

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