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DRRR POWERPOINT Types of Hazards

There are four main types of hazards: biological, geological, hydro-meteorological, and technological. Biological hazards include disease epidemics. Geological hazards refer to natural earth processes like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and landslides. Hydro-meteorological hazards involve weather and water processes such as floods, hurricanes, and drought. Technological hazards originate from human activities and include industrial accidents, dam failures, and transportation incidents. Natural hazards can cause natural disasters when they interact with and harm human populations and property. The risk of harm from natural hazards can sometimes be reduced through hazard mitigation.

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DRRR POWERPOINT Types of Hazards

There are four main types of hazards: biological, geological, hydro-meteorological, and technological. Biological hazards include disease epidemics. Geological hazards refer to natural earth processes like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and landslides. Hydro-meteorological hazards involve weather and water processes such as floods, hurricanes, and drought. Technological hazards originate from human activities and include industrial accidents, dam failures, and transportation incidents. Natural hazards can cause natural disasters when they interact with and harm human populations and property. The risk of harm from natural hazards can sometimes be reduced through hazard mitigation.

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Types of Hazards

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What is Hazard?
an agent which has the potential to
cause harm to a vulnerable target.
Hazards can be both natural and human
induced. Sometimes natural hazards such
as floods and drought can be caused by
human activity. Floods can be caused by
bad drainage facilities and droughts can
be caused by over-irrigation or
groundwater pollution.
The terms "hazard" and "risk" are often
used interchangeably however, in terms
of risk assessment, they are two very
distinct terms. A hazard is any agent that
can cause harm or damage to humans,
property, or the environment.
What is Incident?
An event that is caused by interaction
with a hazard.
The likely severity of the undesirable
consequences of an incident
associated with a hazard, combined
with the probability of this occurring,
constitute the associated risk. If there is
no possibility of a hazard contributing
towards an incident, there is no several
ways. One of these ways is by
specifying the origin of the hazard.
Natural Hazard
Natural hazards are naturally occurring physical
phenomena caused either by rapid or slow onset
events which can be geophysical (earthquakes,
landslides, tsunamis and volcanic activity),
hydrological (avalanches and floods),
climatological (extreme temperatures, drought
and wildfires), meteorological (cyclones and
storms/wave surges) or biological (disease
epidemics and insect/animal plagues).
Technological or man-made hazards (complex
emergencies/conflicts, famine, displaced
populations, industrial accidents and transport
accidents) are events that are caused by
humans and occur in or close to human
settlements.
01. 02.

4 types of
hazard
Biological Hazard Geological Hazard

03. 04.

Hydro-meteorological
Technological Hazard
hazard
Biological Hazard
Examples of biological hazards include outbreaks of epidemic diseases,
plant or animal contagion, insect or other animal plagues and infestations.
01. 02.

4 types of
hazard
Biological Hazard Geological Hazard

03. 04.

Hydro-meteorological
Technological Hazard
hazard
Geological Hazard
Geological hazards include internal earth
processes, such as earthquakes, volcanic
activity and emissions, and related
geophysical processes such as mass
movements, landslides, rockslides, surface
collapses, and debris or mudflows.
Hydro meteorological factors are
important contributors to some of these
processes. Tsunamis are difficult to
categorize; although they are triggered
by undersea earthquakes and other
geological events, they are essentially an
oceanic process that is manifested as a
coastal water-related hazard.
01. 02.

4 types of
hazard
Biological Hazard Geological Hazard

03. 04.

Hydro-meteorological
Technological Hazard
hazard
Hydro-meteorological
hazard
include tropical cyclones (also known as
typhoons and hurricanes), thunderstorms,
hailstorms, tornados, blizzards, heavy
snowfall, avalanches, and coastal storm
surges, floods including flash floods,
drought, heat waves and cold spells.
Hydro meteorological conditions also can
be a factor in other hazards such as
landslides, wild land fires, locust plagues,
epidemics, and in the transport and
dispersal of toxic substances and
volcanic eruption material.
01. 02.

4 types of
hazard
Biological Hazard Geological Hazard

03. 04.

Hydro-meteorological
Technological Hazard
hazard
Technological Hazard
Examples of technological hazards include industrial pollution, nuclear
radiation, toxic wastes, dam failures, transport accidents, factory
explosions, fires, and chemical spills. Technological hazards also may arise
directly as a result of the impacts of a natural hazard event.
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natural Disasters

Among the natural hazards and possible


disasters to be considered:

Volcanic
Earthquakes Tsunamis
Eruptions

Landslide Hurricanes Tornadoes Floods


Risk
Risk is a characteristic of the relationship
between humans and geologic processes.
We all take risks everyday. The risk from
natural hazards, while it cannot be
eliminated, can, in some cases be
understood in such a way that we can
minimize the hazard to humans, and thus
minimize the risk. To do this, we need to
understand something about the
processes that operate, and understand
the energy required for the process. Then,
we can develop an action to take to
minimize the risk. Such minimization of risk
is called hazard mitigation.
Natural Hazards can also be divided
Classification of Natural into catastrophic hazards, which have
Hazards and Disasters: devastating consequences to huge
numbers of people, or have a
worldwide effect, such as impacts with
large space objects, huge volcanic
eruptions, world-wide disease
epidemics, and world-wide droughts.
Natural Hazards can also be divided
into rapid onset hazards, such as
Volcanic Eruptions, Earthquakes, Flash
floods, Landslides, Severe
Thunderstorms, Lightening, and wildfires,
which develop with little warning and
strike rapidly. Slow onset hazards, like
drought, insect infestations, and disease
epidemics take years to develop.
Geologic Hazards- Earthquakes,
01. Volcanic Eruptions, Tsunami, Landslides,
Floods, Subsidence, and Impacts with
space objects.

Atmospheric Hazards - These are also


natural hazards but processes operating in
the atmosphere are mainly responsible.
Natural Hazards 02. They will also be considered in this course,
and include:
and the natural Tropical Cyclones, Tornadoes, Droughts,

disasters that result Severe Thunderstorms and Lightning.

can be divided into Other Natural Hazards - These are hazards


that may occur naturally, but don't fall in to
several different either of the categories above. They will not
be considered to any great extent in this
categories: 03. course, but include:
Insect infestations, Disease epidemics and
Wildfires.
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