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    Disaster

    • A catastrophic situation in which the day to day patterns


    of life are suddenly disrupted and as a result, people
    need protection, food, clothing, shelter, medical and
    social care and other necessities of life (The league of
    Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in, 1999).
    A serious disruption in the functioning of a
    community or society causing widespread human,
    material, economic or environmental losses which
    exceed the ability of the affected community or
    society to cope using its own resource.
    Classification of Disasters
    • It is a common saying among various people
    dealing with disaster, that no two disasters are
    alike.

    • It is because of the fact that disasters can take


    many forms and they are the result of variety
    of processes.

    • Therefore, it is very difficult to classify disasters


    in such a classification which covers all the
    factors and processes.
    • Because of this reason many classifications, of
    disaster have been developed.
    • Some common criteria used for disasters
    classification is, the extent of the area
    affected, suddenness, continuity, natural and
    unnaturalness etc.
    • Cunny put forward a workable classification.
    He divided disasters into two categories:
    1. Cataclysmic / Rapid on-set disaster
    2. Continuing / Long term disasters
    1. Cataclysmic / Rapid On-set Disaster
    Cataclysmic are those disasters which cause
    sudden impacts. They cause tremendous amount
    of suffering and chaos but very soon things begin
    to improve.
    • Relatively speaking the damaged areas in such
    disasters is small.
    • Cataclysmic disasters are more disruptive than
    destructive, especially in terms of food and food
    distribution.
    • They can disrupt transport and marketing
    system.
    • They can disrupt irrigation channels and to some
    extent may destroy food supplies.
    • They destroy buildings and entire human
    settlement and can cause abundant losses of life.
    In cataclysmic disasters
    the extent of disruption
    depend on the following
    factors:
    a. Season
    b. Location
    c. Total area affected.
    These disasters are mostly
    the result of natural
    hazards like earthquake
    and volcanoes.
    2. Continuing / Long Term Disasters
    • They are slow and steady disasters.
    • In these disasters the situation after the events
    remain constant or more deteriorated in the
    damaged area.
    • They disturb transportation, infrastructure,
    distribution network, etc.
    • Unlike cataclysmic disasters, the damage area
    in continuing disaster is extremely large.

    • It can sometimes bring these facilities to a


    complete halt and ultimately destroy the
    system.

    • Drought is one the continuing natural


    disasters.

    • War and famine are the other.

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