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What is meant natural disaster?

magallanborja — 2024-05-05 14:42:01 UTC

A natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or tsunami that kills or injures a lot of people:

Types of natural disasters

magallanborja — 2024-05-05 14:45:53 UTC

Geological Disasters, Hydrological disasters, Meteorological Disasters, and Biological Disasters are the four broad types of natural hazards.

How they happend?

magallanborja — 2024-05-05 15:00:21 UTC

Natural disasters can be caused by weather and climate events, or by events that originate within the planet or at its surface.

Geological disaster

magallanborja — 2024-05-05 15:10:28 UTC

Geological hazards, or dangers caused by geologicalprocesses, such as plate tectonics, are a type of risk. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are examples of this.

In general, geological extreme events are beyond human control, however, humans have a significant impact on the events consequences.

Hydrological Disasters

magallanborja — 2024-05-05 15:14:52 UTC

Water hazards are known as hydrological hazards and include floods, droughts, mudslides, and tsunamis. They can devastate agriculture and lead to famine.

Biological disasters

magallanborja — 2024-05-05 15:19:54 UTC

Biological dangers are those that arise as a result of biological processes.

This comprises a wide range of diseases, including infectious diseases that move from person to person and pose a significant threat to vast populations of people.

Biological hazards are often left out of discussions about natural hazards, instead of falling under the purview of medicine and public health.

Can the humanity cause a natural disaster?

magallanborja — 2024-05-05 15:22:40 UTC

Yes, human activities can impact the environment and trigger natural disasters.

Human activity is contributing to an increase in the number of natural disasters, including cyclones, floods, and droughts. Some examples of human activities that can cause natural disasters include:

Deforestation

Building dams

Agriculture

Climate change

History

magallanborja — 2024-05-09 23:33:13 UTC

These are some of the worst natural disasters

1931 China floods

In July 1931, death around 4,000,000 people. These is one of the most mortal natural disaster.

1887 Yellow River flood

In September of 1887, death in aproximate 2,000,000 people

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Movies about natural disasters?

magallanborja — 2024-05-09 23:42:57 UTC

Yes there are lot´s of movies about natural disasters.

Let´s see some examples

Geo-storm

Volcano

The last wave

In the eye of the storm

The final day

The day after tomorrow

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