Natural hazards and disaster

Question 1

International Decade for Natural Disaster

Reduction (IDNDR).

Answer 1

1990-2000

Question 2

A tropical cyclone energised by the

Answer 2

release of latent heat on account of the condensation of moisture that the wind gathers after moving over the oceans and seas.

Question 3

is a situation when there is a prolonged period of inadequate rainfall marked with mal-distribution of the
same over time and space.

Answer 3

Meteorological Drought

Question 4

is also known as soil
moisture drought, characterised by low soil
moisture that is necessary to support the crops

Answer 4

Agricultural Drought

Question 5

results when the availability of water in different storages and reservoirs like aquifers, lakes, reservoirs, etc. falls below what the precipitation can replenish.
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Answer 5

Hydrological Drought

Question 6

When the productivity of
a natural ecosystem fails due to shortage of
water and as a consequence of ecological
distress, damages are induced in the
ecosystem.

Answer 6

Ecological Drought