An earth quake can be described as a shaking of the Earth’s crust. It is mainly a movement of the whole crust that originates in the center of the earth. Earthquakes happen when the underlying rock suddenly shakes or breaks off. The moving of the underlying rock causes the surface rocks to slide and‚ as a result‚ leads to the earthquakes. Earthquakes can be extremely disastrous and cause a lot of damage in the place where they happen. The earthquake can happen once or happen as a series. This depends
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decimated by disasters and whose citizenry is regularly traumatised cannot be mobilised for any meaningful development. Most times‚ disasters occur with such regularity that huge human and material resources‚ which could have otherwise been used in national development‚ are lost annually to address disasters and for the rehabilitation of their victims. The magnitude of the pain or losses usually determines whether the occurrence is a minor accident or a disaster.1 A disaster is an event
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------------------------------------------------- Natural disaster A natural 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 play
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Chapter 1 Notes- The management of disasters • United nations general assembly claimed 1990s to be the ‘international decade for natural disaster reduction’ (IDNDR) • Action was taken to promote internationally coordinated efforts to reduce material losses and social and economic disruption caused by natural disasters‚ esp. developing countries. • Mission: to improve each UN member country’s capacity to prevent or diminish adverse effects from natural disasters and to establish guidelines for applying
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Disaster management (or emergency management) is the effort of communities or businesses to plan for and coordinate all personal and materials required to either mitigate the effects of‚ or recover from‚ natural or man-made disasters‚ or acts of terrorism. natural disasters (such as earthquakes‚ hurricanes‚ etc.)‚ Pre-incident training and testing Communicating and assessing incidents Emergency management consists of five phases: prevention‚ : It focuses on preventing the human hazard‚ primarily
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When you deliberate on a disaster‚ it becomes clear that any such event has three phases to it. Initially‚ there are antecedents that lead to the disaster. When enough antecedents have accumulated‚ the disaster occurs at that specific tipping time. Finally after the disaster has happened the final phase of resolutions occurs. The resolutions are steps that the society attempt to implement to revert the effects that the event has produced. Consider the Deepwater Horizon disaster that happened on July
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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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Natural Disasters Natural disasters affect many people in the world. Over 31‚849‚838 number of people have died from natural disasters since 1900. A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard including tornadoes‚ tsunamis‚ and earthquakes and more. Those natural disasters can lead to financial‚ environmental‚ and human losses. The ten deadliest natural disasters of the past century in order are the China Floods in 1931‚ the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976‚ the Bhola Cyclone in 1970‚ the Haiyuan
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Disaster Preparedness Purpose: to raise awareness on the importance of natural disaster preparedness. Thesis: to better understand why natural disaster preparedness is important im going to tell you what natural disasters there are and what they do‚ how to be prepared‚ and why we should be prepared for a natural disaster. I. Introduction A. attention getter: B. relevance: C. D. thesis: to better understand why natural disaster preparedness is important im going to tell
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Katie Preparation for Disaster Glendale Community College Preparation for Disaster Disasters across the world have devastated large populations and cost billions of dollars worldwide. From the tsunami in 2006 to Hurricane Katrina‚ the world has seen its share of the wrath of natural disasters. Populations have also experienced manmade disasters such as 9/11 and the oil spills in Louisiana. What are people doing as a population to protect‚ prevent‚ and empower oneself from these catastrophes
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