What are disasters?

Disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of society,which results in unprecedented threat, loss and damage to humans life,property and/or environment in a defined area

A disaster can be natural or a man-made event. A natural disaster is the consequence when a natural hazard (e.g., volcanic eruption or earthquake) affects humans. Disasters caused by human action, negligence, error, or involving the failure of a system are called human-made disasters.

According to Wikipedia : "A disaster is the tragedy of a natural or man-made hazard (a hazard is a situation which poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or environment) that negatively affects society or environment"

. The disasters can be of various types:

Natural Disasters

1. Wind related
2. Water related
3. Earth related

Wind related disaster

• Cyclone
• Storm
• Tornado
• Storm surge
• Hurricane
• Tidal waves

Water related

• Floods
• Cloud burst
• Tsunami
• Excessive rains
• Drought

Earth related

Man-made disasters

• War activities
• Internal disturbances/Riots
• Accident
• Industrial mishaps
• Fire
• Radio active leakage/accidents
• Ecological/Biological disasters

Other than these, there can be some more sub types of disasters which will be taken up in future articles.