Natural disaster
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natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (e.g. flood, volcanic eruption, earthquake, or landslide) that affects the environment, and leads to financial, environmental or human losses. The resulting loss depends on the capacity of the population to support or resist the disaster, and their resilience.
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See also
- List of natural disasters
- Act of God
- Emergency management
- Environmental emergency
- Environmental disaster
- Magnitude and frequency principle
- Natural disasters in India
- South Asia Disaster Report (book)
- World Conference on Disaster Reduction
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