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Natural Calamity - Disaster Management

A hazard is a potential threat; exposure and vulnerability turn that threat into risk, while a disaster is the damaging event that overwhelms lives, property or normal activity.

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Natural Calamity and Disaster Management: Hazard, Risk and Disaster

A hazard is a potential threat; exposure and vulnerability turn that threat into risk, while a disaster is the damaging event that overwhelms lives, property or normal activity.

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Natural Calamity and Disaster Management: The Management Cycle

Disaster management is a continuous sequence linking prevention and mitigation with preparedness, emergency response, rehabilitation, reconstruction and recovery.

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Natural Calamity and Disaster Management: Preparedness and Responders

Prepared communities use warnings, plans, training and emergency supplies, while police, firefighters, medical teams, hospitals and local people provide the first life-saving response.

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Natural Calamity and Disaster Management: Earthquakes and Tsunamis

Plate movement produces earthquakes with a focus and epicentre; submarine displacement can generate fast tsunami waves, so immediate cover or movement to high ground saves lives.

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Natural Calamity Management in Tamil Nadu: Landslides, Floods and Cyclones

Nilgiris slopes face water-triggered landslides, coastal districts face northeast-monsoon floods, and Bay of Bengal cyclones demand warnings, evacuation and safe recovery.

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Natural Calamity and Disaster Management: Wildfire Risk Reduction

Hot dry vegetation supplies fuel, wind accelerates wildfire spread, and safer homes depend on defensible space, evacuation planning, verified warnings and cautious return.

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