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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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.[1] An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in an area without vulnerable
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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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Natural Disasters With the tropical climate and unstable landforms‚ coupled with high population density‚ poverty‚ illiteracy and lack of adequate infrastructure‚ India is one of the most vulnerable developing countries to suffer very often from various Natural Disasters‚ viz. flood‚ cyclone‚ earthquake‚forest fire‚ drought‚ etc. Asia tops the list of casualties due to natural disasters. Space technology plays a crucial role in efficient mitigation of disasters. Communication satellite provides
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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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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. if these disasters continues it would be a great danger for the earth.[1] This understanding is concentrated in the formulation: "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability
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was a sound business decision. Was it good for the individual customer? No‚ I can’t say it was. But the rationale was sound." Rommel’s quote about making a ’’sound business decision’’ reveals overconfidence decision-making biases. His decision also discloses an anchoring bias as it looks like that Nationwide did not take into consideration some information that others did. Insurance was not the only affected industry with natural disasters; also Airlines were very affected with this whole
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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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WHAT IS A NATURAL DISASTER 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‚[1] and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover.[2] In 2012‚ there were 905 natural disasters worldwide‚ 93% of which were
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How to Prepare for Any Disaster 6/10/2013 Topics in Contemporary Social Issues We must have tools and plans in place to make it on our own in case of a disaster happening. Just like having a functioning smoke detector in your house‚ having emergency supply kits will put tools that one may need at your feet. It is important to be prepared to use what you have on hand to make it on your own for at least three days‚ maybe even longer. There are six basic items that one should ensure if any disaster
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