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Disaster
* Most disasters affect environments
* Most disasters are caused by natural phenomena
  - can have impact
* Most disasters cause destruction
  - erosion
  - soil erosion
* Most disasters destroy cities
  - entire cities
  - habitats
* Most disasters have causes
  - health consequences
* Most disasters involve death
  - some source of water
  - lead to starvation
* Most disasters occur in areas
  - countries
  - develop countries
  - geographical areas
  - other countries
* Some disasters affect animals
  - individuals
* Some disasters are caused by conditions
  - cyclone
  - earthquakes
  - tropical cyclone
  - the cause of human actions, intentional or unintentional
  - claim thousands of lives
  - evolve over time
  - have an effect on only one or two families
  - impact survival
  - increase scarcity
  - lead to situations
  - relate to damage
  - result in burns.
  * A 'disaster' is something very bad that happens to people and almost always changes their lives completely. Disasters can destroy homes and many kinds of work. Disasters can be of different kinds, but most are caused by forces of nature
* affect areas
  - everyone
  - many people
  - specific areas
* also brings out the worst in people
  - cause death
  - means spiritual comfort and witness
  - result in indirect costs such as loss of employment and economic losses
* appear according to people's thoughts.
* are a major cause of impoverishment and can reverse progress towards poverty reduction
  - result of poverty rather than a cause of it
  - serious issue in the United States
  - emergencies
  - events postulated with separation and loss
  - harmeds
  - particularly traumatic for children
  - sometimes a part of life
  - the source of intense stress for families and individuals
  - unpredictable and often devastating
  - usually events that happen at the worst time and in the worst place
* bring communities together for a common cause
  - out the worst in human behavior
* build over days or weeks, or hit suddenly, without warning.
* can be any emergency that taxes our local resources
  - both natural and caused by human conduct
  - man-made or natural
  - meteorological, topographical, or accidental in origin
  - build gradually over days and weeks, or strike suddenly with no time to prepare
  - disrupt people's lives in a matter of minutes
  - effect every part of the United States and at any time of the year
  - exacerbate reproductive health needs
* can have effects
  - profound effects
  - include weather, rebellion, accidents and foreign intervention
  - leave children feeling frightened, confused, and insecure
  - occur quickly and without warning
  - seriously damage a country s economy
  - still happen in relationships
* can strike anywhere, and often without warning
  - in the form of hazardous materials spills, train derailments, and house fires
  - take many forms
* cause damage
  - immense damage
* come in many forms
  - sizes and shapes
* constitute stressful and traumatic experiences.
* develop a personality of their own and reflect the people and land where they happen.
* disrupt hundreds of thousands of lives every year
  - normal avenues of communication and information
* happen abruptly and frequently without warning.
* happen all over the world, every day
  - rich countries have droughts, storms and earthquakes
* happen in every country
  - provinces and in cities
  - no boundaries and they strike at all races, all creeds, all sizes of people
* invariably cause large numbers of casualties and result in massive socio-economic damage.
* is distinguishable from trouble by the apparent severity of the loss of life or property
  - misfortune
* leave misery, deaths and injuries.
* may have effects
  - serious effects
* occur every day, whether natural like Honduras or man-made like Sudan.
  - every state in the nation
  - towns and villages across our vast nations
  - primarily when assets that have a high availability requirement are destroyed
* often exhaust and exceed the resource capacity of a given community.
* place incredible stresses on people and irrational behaviour is common.
* represent a disruption in development, a disruption in sustainable human development.
* require decisions
  - make decisions
  - rapid decisions
  - responses
* result from factors.
  - on many shapes and sizes
* tend to have a long-term impact on both individuals and communities.
* will have effects.