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A disaster is a perceived tragedy, being either a natural calamity or man-made catastrophe. It is a hazard which has come to fruition. A hazard, in turn, is a situation which poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or that may deleteriously affect society or an environment. In contemporary academia, disasters are seen as the consequence of inappropriately managed risk. These risks are the product of hazards and vulnerability. Hazards that strike in areas with low vulnerability are not considered a disaster, as is the case in uninhabited regions. Developing countries suffer the greatest costs when a disaster hits – more than 95 percent of all deaths caused by disasters occur in developing countries, and losses due to natural disasters are 20 times greater (as a percentage of GDP) in developing countries than in industrialized countries. A disaster can be defined as any tragic event with great loss stemming from events such as earthquakes, floods, catastrophic accidents, fires, or explosions. From Wikipedia under the
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Q. Earthquakes, for example, are the result of tectonic plates moving against each other and creating enough pressure to crack the earth's surface. Well, what about volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, and other natural disasters of the like? Asked by eRiKa(: - Tue Sep 1 07:32:14 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Science tries to understand them all by observation, data accumulation and experimental procedures. Hopefully this could lead to better predictions and perhaps save a few lives, but I doubt it. The world still loses millions of lives annually from preventable causes. Politics and economics trump all. Answered by andyg77 - Tue Sep 1 09:33:57 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Disasters"  fora.tv Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:56:47 PDT Forecasting Natural Disasters Santa Fe Institute - Santa Fe Institute Forecasting Natural Disasters in the Chaotic and Complex Earth with John ... fora.tv.  home.fema.gov Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:24:06 PST Bruce Lockwood, President of International Association of Emergency Managers, presented on the special needs of children at FEMA's 2009 ... home.fema.gov.  au.video.yahoo.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:38:36 PDT 2008: The Second Costliest Year for Disasters Ever. au.video.yahoo.com. From Google Video Search: "Disasters" |
