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    Natural Hazards are those that are caused by physical and biological elements in the environment. These are natural events that may not be controlled by humans such as earthquakes, floods, landslides, tornadoes, tsunamis, typhoons, and wildfires. Natural Hazards are inevitable.

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    Natural Hazards are those that are caused by physical and biological elements in the environment. These are natural events that may not be controlled by humans such as earthquakes, floods, landslides, tornadoes, tsunamis, typhoons, and wildfires. Natural Hazards are inevitable.

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    Natural Hazards are those that are caused by physical and biological elements in the environment. These are natural events that may not be controlled by humans such as earthquakes, floods, landslides, tornadoes, tsunamis, typhoons, and wildfires. Natural Hazards are inevitable.

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    Natural Hazards are those that are caused by physical and biological elements in the environment. These are natural events that may not be controlled by humans such as earthquakes, floods, landslides, tornadoes, tsunamis, typhoons, and wildfires. Natural Hazards are inevitable.

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    Basic Concept of Hazard

    Learning Outcomes
    1. Define and elucidate hazards
    2. Give and picture examples of the types of hazards
    3. Explain the impact of various hazards on different
    exposed elements.

    Definition of Hazards
    Hazards are those elements of the physical
    environment, harmful to man and caused by forces
    extraneous to him.” (Burton et al 1978).

    Students Australia (2000) defines a hazard as:


    “A source of potential harm or a situation with a potential
    to cause loss.”

    Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) describes


    hazard as:
    “A natural event that has the potential to cause harm or
    loss.”

    USGS. Hazard Terminologists defines hazard as “a


    phenomenon or situation, which has the potential to
    cause the disruption or damage to people , their property,
    their services, and their environment.” Most hazards are
    dormant or potential, with only a theoretical risk of harm.
    However, once a hazard becomes “active”, it can create
    an emergency. A hazardous situation that has come to
    pass is called an incident. Hazard and possibility interact
    together to create risk.

    General Classificiations of Hazards


    There are many different ways of classifying hazards.
    One is to concider the extent to which hazards ara
    natural.
    1.Natural hazards such as earthquakes or floods
    arise from purely natural processes in the environment.
    2.Quasi-natural hazards such as smogs or
    desertification that arise through the interaction of
    natural processes and human activities.
    3. Technological (or human-made) hazards such
    as the toxicity of pesticides to agricultural lands,
    accidental leaks of chemicals from chemical laboratories
    or radiation from a nuclear plant. Those arise directly as a
    result of human activities.

    Types of Hazards

    Hewitt and Burton (1971) provided a typology of hazards


    as follows:

    1.ATMOSPHERIC
    (single element)
     Excess Rainfall
     Freezing Rain (Glaze)
     Hail
     Heavy Snow falls
     High Wind speeds
     Extreme Temperature

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