Natural disasters, such as a hurricane, earthquake, tornado, or tsunami (a big surge of water from the ocean), happen because of the weather or other natural conditions. People also can cause disasters, like causing an oil spill that pollutes the environment or starting a forest fire.
What Causes Natural Disasters
They are caused due to different reasons like soil erosion, seismic activity, tectonic movements, air pressure, and ocean currents etc.
The root causes of most of the natural disasters that occur on earth can be attributed to the imbalance created in our environment.
They are the result of a hazard overwhelming highly vulnerable community, often resulting in mortality and morbidity.
Over the past decade, over 300 disasters occur yearly around the world affecting millions and cost billions. The disaster cycle is a framework used to base a coordinated plan to respond, recover, prevent, and prepare for a disaster.
Access to clean water, proper sanitation, food/nutrition, shelter, and the threat of communicable diseases are concerns that have the potential to be detrimental to the management of a natural disaster, slowing the recovery process.
These disasters include all types of severe weather, which have the potential to pose a significant threat to human health and safety, property, critical infrastructure, and homeland security. Natural disasters occur both seasonally and without warning, subjecting the nation to frequent periods of insecurity, disruption, and economic loss. These resources serve to prepare IHEs for a variety of natural disasters, including winter storms, floods, tornados, hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, or any combination thereof.
