World at Risk: Global Hazards

Question 1

Natural Event

Answer 1

A natural phenomena, occurrence or process like a volcanic eruption or flood.

Question 2

Natural Hazard

Answer 2

A naturally occurring process or event that has the potential to cause loss of life or damage to property.

Question 3

Natural Disaster

Answer 3

A natural hazard that causes widespread death and/ or destruction.

Question 4

For a disaster to be entered into the database of CRED (Centre of Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters) at least one of the following criteria must be fulfilled:

Answer 4

10 or more people reported killed
100 people reported affected
Declaration of a state of emergency
Call for international assistance

Question 5

Name some natural Hazards

Answer 5

Hurricane 
Earthquake
Tornado
Volcanic eruption
Tsunami
Flood
Wildfire
Drought
Avalanche 
Landslide
Lightning Strike 
Blizzard
Meteorite Strike

Question 6

Hydro-meteorological hazards

Answer 6

Hazards caused by running and its processes (hydro) and those associated with or caused by weather patterns (meteorological) e.g cyclones, droughts and floods.

Question 7

Geophysical hazards

Answer 7

Hazards caused by earth processes including those caused by internal earth processes (tectonic hazards) and those caused by external earth processes (geomorphical hazards).
e.g volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, avalanches, landslides