A natural event becomes a hazard in a populated place. Hazards can be human or manmade and have an adverse impact on a places population, economy or environment.
Natural Hazards:
- Climatic (tropical storms, tornadoes, depressions, anticyclones, acid rain, global warming)
- Earth (volcanoes, earthquakes, mass movement, flooding)
Hazard Event Profiling:
- Magnitude
- Speed of onset
- Duration
- Areal extent
- Predictability
- Frequency
See: Degg's Model of defining hazards and disasters
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