a wide range of natural disaster. The Philippines archipelago‚ located near the western edge of the Pacific Ocean‚ is in the direct path of seasonal typhoons and monsoon rains which bring floods‚ storms‚ storm surges‚ and their attendant landslides and other forms of devastation. The Philippines also sits on the "ring of fire" where the continental plates collide and thus experience periodic earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The Philippine exposure to natural disasters may be characterized as frequent
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2] A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (e.g.‚ flood‚ tornado‚ hurricane‚ volcanic eruption‚ earthquake‚ 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.[1] This understanding is concentrated in the formulation: "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability."[2] Environmental disasters are occurring with alarming regularity. But the
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Media Madness Disaster Recovery Plan Overview By Loki Consulting‚ Inc. Iris Morgan Heather German Gwen Northrup EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Loki Consulting‚ Inc. was established in 1997 as a result of Hurricane Fran. Many businesses were devastated by the storm due to the absence of a disaster recovery plan. Realizing the need for disaster recovery consultation‚ Loki Consulting‚ Inc. was created to provide businesses with expert knowledge on implementing a critical component of any organization
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Chernobyl Disaster Chernobyl nuclear plant is one of the biggest disasters in history! It happened on April 26‚ 1986. It was a nuclear radiation disaster. About 4‚000 people died. All the survivors suffered from the radiation side affects for the rest of there lives. This also ruined the environment! The nuclear plant exploded exactly at 1:23 A.M. The explosion killed two people. Then radiation started pouring out of the reactor. There were 134 emergency workers that got involved trying
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National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Plan: Disaster Preparedness According to the Word Disaster Report of 2012‚ The Philippines ranks third of the most disaster-prone countries. Because it is situated on a geologically unstable region and is surrounded by many subduction zones that may cause earthquakes‚ volcanic eruptions‚ landslides‚ typhoon and tsunamis‚ it is impossible to stop natural disasters from hitting our country; all we can do is to manage risks. The National Disaster Risk
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Natural Disasters We have all seen the awful effects of a flood or an earthquake - if we’re lucky only on the news. About 75 percent of the world’s population live in areas affected at least once by earthquake‚ tropical cyclone‚ flood or drought between 1980 and 2000 (Reducing Disaster Risk UNDP report‚ 2005). What causes natural disasters? First we need to get a bit technical. Natural hazards and natural disasters may sound like the same thing but there is a small but vital
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WHITE PAPER A Practical Guide to Disaster Recovery Planning: The basics to getting started. Brace Rennels‚ Business Continuity published: March 2006 Executive Summary When you think about your disaster recovery plan‚ does your tape backup system come to mind? Does the mere mention of disaster recovery make you a bit nervous? If so‚ you’re not alone. Many businesses risk grave losses due to failures and disasters yet continue to depend on their tape backups to help them recover successfully
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ASSIGNMENT 1 TITLE:BHOPAL DISASTER DATE: 30 NOVEMBER 2009 1. Abstract The night of 3rd December marked an industrial disaster when more than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ India that instantly led to the death of approximately 3‚800 people and causing permanent injuries for thousands more. The company involved shamelessly tried to avoid its legal responsibility. Nonetheless‚ a sum of $470 million was paid as compensation‚ a considerably small amount in
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the 26th of April in 1986 one of the worst nuclear disasters in history occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine. The number 4 reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant ended up exploding after several errors that occurred during a scheduled safety systems test. The explosions released large amounts of radioactive materials into the sky and it was spread over great distances by wind streams. The repercussions of the disaster are only now being better understood today. The
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A.Karthick RCET. DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION. The term ‘disaster mitigation’ is variously understood by different people in different disciplines. The meaning of the
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