Natural disaster
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A natural disaster is the very harmful impact on a society or community brought by a natural phenomenon or hazard. Some examples of natural hazards include avalanches, droughts, earthquakes, floods, h
Economic loss risk for six natural disasters: tropical cyclones, droughts, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes.
A landslide in San Clemente, California in 1966
A powder snow avalanche in the Himalayas near Mount Everest.
San Francisco was devastated by an earthquake in 1906
Tsunami
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A tsunami is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, underwater explosions, lan
Natural disaster
…activity and wildfires. Additional natural hazards include blizzards, dust storms, firestorms, hails, ice storms, sinkholes, thunderstorms, tornadoes and tsunamis. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage. It typically causes economic damage. How bad the damage is depends on how well people…
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at Ao Nang, Krabi Province, Thailand
Tsunami aftermath in Aceh, Indonesia, December 2004
Lisbon earthquake and tsunami in November 1755
The wave further slows and amplifies as it hits land. Only the largest waves crest.