* An event that causes a huge loss of lives and property is called a disaster.

* A thing or a condition that might lead to a disaster is a hazard. A river is a hazard for those living on its banks because it can cause floods.

Thus, such a factory represents a health hazard to the community around it. * Earth movements and various weather phenomena are the most common natural agents that give rise to hazards. Hazards that lead to volcanic eruptions.

* Thus, such a factory represents a health hazard to the community around it. * Earth movements and various weather phenomena are the most common natural agents that give rise to hazards. Hazards that lead to volcanic eruptions, earthquake and landslides are called geological hazards.

* Most death in an earthquake are due to the collapse of buildings. The loss of life is greater when an earthquake occurs at night, when most people are asleep.
* To reduce damage and loss of life, many countries, including india, have rule for constructing quake-resistant buildings.

* Earthquakes
occur without warning, which increase the loss of life and property. Earthquakes can cause buildings and other structures to collapse.

* Most deaths in an earthquake are due to the collapse of buildings. * The loss of life is greater when an earthquake occurs at night.

 The spewing out

of lava, ash, gases and rock fragments through a vent, or opening, at a weak spot in the earths crust is called a volcano eruption.

 Volcanoes do not erupt continuously or at regular intervals. They

may remain inactive for many years. Volcanoes that erupt frequently are called active volcanoes.

These include the barren island in the Andaman island, mount Etna in Sicily and Kilauea in Hawaii. Volcanoes that have not erupted for a long time but could erupt in the future are dormant or sleeping volcanoes. Mount rainier in the USA and Mauna kea in Hawaii are examples of dormant volcanoes. Volcanoes that have not erupted for thousands of year an show no sign of volcanic.

 A floods is a

condition in which vast area of normally dry land are covered by water. Foods caused by the overflowing of rivers are called riverine floods.

Overflowing may occurs when a large volume of rain water or snowmelt enter a river channel or when a river becomes

shallow due to deposition on its bed. In india, riverine floods occur every year during the monsoon

Esepecially in the gangabhrahamaputra basin. The rivers brahamaputra in assam , kosi in bihar and mahanadi in orissa cause particularly severe floods. Coastal areas becomes fooded when sea water rushes in uring a storm. The sea water not only destroys life an property but also renders the soil until for cultivation by depositing salt on it.

 Tropical storm

called cyclones usually originate over the oceans. They are called hurricans in the western atlantic, typhoons in the western pacific and willy-wilies in austrailia. As you know, a cyclone has a region of low atmospheric.

These winds can desroyed homes and other structures, and uproot trees and poles. Cyclones bring heavy rainfall that can cause floods.

 The damage caused by incidents of fires in buildings every year is more than caused by other disasters. The loss of life is high if the fire is in a crowded building. On 13 june 1997

Fifty-nine people died in a fire are the uphaar cinema in delhi. Fires in buildings are caused mainly by faulty electrical equipment and writing