natural disaster
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A natural disaster is a major harmful event caused by natural Earth processes—like earthquakes, hurricanes, or floods—that can result in loss of life and property damage. Understanding and preparing for natural disasters matters because they affect communities' safety, resources, and ability to recover.
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Economic loss risk for six natural disasters: tropical cyclones, droughts, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes.
A natural disaster is the very harmful impact on a society or community brought by a natural phenomenon or hazard. Some examples of natural hazards include avalanches, droughts, earthquakes, floods, heat waves, landslides - including submarine landslides, tropical cyclones, volcanic activity and wildfires. Additional natural hazards include blizzards, dust storms, firestorms, hails, ice storms, sinkholes, thunderstorms, tornadoes and tsunamis.