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DisasterSymptomsEffectsRemedyMotor accidentThere is traffic jamSomebody is injured. The car also gets damaged. If accident is on larger scale, many people are injured. Some may die too.First disperse the crowd .The injured person should be given first aid and then rushed to hospital for immediate medical help.LandslidingThe gravity and severity of the landslide depends upon location of the landslide.If there are houses located near the landslide or on cliffs, there would be a major disaster. The houses and people therein are most likely to get buried. The traffic will also halt if the landslide is near the major roads.The authority should be informed. Injured and trapped people should be removed from the rubble and given medical help as soon as possible.Forest FireThere is smoke spread out in the atmosphere. If it takes place in natural, forests, the birds and the animals run. helter skelter to save their lives. The huge flames can be seenEverything turns into ashesThe fire-fighting units should be called to extinguish the fires if they are spreading in nearby areas. We should also help in putting off the fire. If anyone is injured, he/ she should be given medical help.TheftThe latch or the lock is broken. The valuables from the home or shop are missing. Everything in the house is strewn here and there.There are financial losses and also mental and emotional shock is severe. In some cases, physical injury can also happen.Police should be called to nab the criminals.RiotThe cities, towns or villagesshow signs of tenseatmosphere. People gather in groups and discuss something secretivelyThere is financial loss for all belongings, houses, shops the rioting groups. The etc. are destroyed or damaged. Property is looted. Ladies and children suffer the most as they are easily victimized.As children, we cannot stop the riots. But we can take establishhelp of police force. We can mohalla committees for peaceful behaviour with each other. For that the wise members from each community will be summoned.WarThere are tense conditions. in the border areas of both the countries. Both the countries, try to instigate each other.Tremendous destruction causing loss. Many lives are lost. The costs of all the items rise due to war conditions. Entire nation facesinsecurity.The peace agreement in both the conflicting countries.EpidemicSudden rise in the number of patients of that particular disease. Dispensaries and hospitals are suddenly crowded.Many people contract thecommunicable disease and thus are infected. Some of them die due to further complications. There is great demand for medicines in the pharmacy shops.Mass immunizationprogrammes to be undertaken. Safety of food and potable water to be enhanced.DroughtThere is scarcity of water. Women of the house bring water from the far-off water bodies. Tankers are seen supplying the water.It is a time of dry famine. The crops are unable to growto the fullest. Cattle suffer due to lack of water and grass.Water management to bedone. Rainwater harvesting, and other methods of water conservation to be undertaken by drought- prone villages.Locust attackThe locusts are seen hovering over the crops. The standingcrop is seen to be attacked.Crops are damaged to a great extent.Proper spraying of organic pesticides.Financial crisisThe financial security of the nation is seen dwindling. There is lull in the share marketThe poverty rises. Thebuying power of people is reduced. The buying-selling activities are seen to be suspended. Entire economic systems collapse.The employment opportunities should be increased. People should be helped to set up the business.FloodThe water level of canals, streams, rivers, etc. is seen to be rising.The low-lying and the coastal areas are seen to be submerged. The entire region is waterlogged.People and animals have to be shifted from the water- logged region to the safer places at the heights. After the flood water recedes the care has to be taken for controlling epidemics of communicable diseases that can spread rapidly due to deteriorating conditions in the region.FamineRainfall is scanty. The water from the reservoirs and canals also recede. The crops do not grow. The crevices on the land and farms can be seen clearly.People and cattle are starved. Due to lack of water and food the cattle die. There is major scarcity of the food grains. The prices of the food grains and other items, go on risingIn the drought-prone regions, famine is very common. So care is to be taken for water conservation before it rains. Select the crops that are resistant to such dry conditions.

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Disaster	Symptoms	Effects	Remedy
Motor accident	There is traffic jam	Somebody is injured. The car also gets damaged. If accident is on larger scale, many people are injured. Some may die too.	First disperse the crowd .The injured person should be given first aid and then rushed to hospital for immediate medical help.
Landsliding	The gravity and severity of the landslide depends upon location of the landslide.	If there are houses located near the landslide or on cliffs, there would be a major disaster. The houses and people therein are most likely to get buried. The traffic will also halt if the landslide is near the major roads.	The authority should be informed. Injured and trapped people should be removed from the rubble and given medical help as soon as possible.
Forest Fire	There is smoke spread out in the atmosphere. If it takes place in natural, forests, the birds and the animals run. helter skelter to save their lives. The huge flames can be seen	Everything turns into ashes	The fire-fighting units should be called to extinguish the fires if they are spreading in nearby areas. We should also help in putting off the fire. If anyone is injured, he/ she should be given medical help.
Theft	The latch or the lock is broken. The valuables from the home or shop are missing. Everything in the house is strewn here and there.	There are financial losses and also mental and emotional shock is severe. In some cases, physical injury can also happen.	Police should be called to nab the criminals.
Riot	The cities, towns or villagesshow signs of tenseatmosphere. People gather in groups and discuss something secretively	There is financial loss for all belongings, houses, shops the rioting groups. The etc. are destroyed or damaged. Property is looted. Ladies and children suffer the most as they are easily victimized.	As children, we cannot stop the riots. But we can take establishhelp of police force. We can mohalla committees for peaceful behaviour with each other. For that the wise members from each community will be summoned.
War	There are tense conditions. in the border areas of both the countries. Both the countries, try to instigate each other.	Tremendous destruction causing loss. Many lives are lost. The costs of all the items rise due to war conditions. Entire nation facesinsecurity.	The peace agreement in both the conflicting countries.
Epidemic	Sudden rise in the number of patients of that particular disease. Dispensaries and hospitals are suddenly crowded.	Many people contract thecommunicable disease and thus are infected. Some of them die due to further complications. There is great demand for medicines in the pharmacy shops.	Mass immunizationprogrammes to be undertaken. Safety of food and potable water to be enhanced.
Drought	There is scarcity of water. Women of the house bring water from the far-off water bodies. Tankers are seen supplying the water.	It is a time of dry famine. The crops are unable to growto the fullest. Cattle suffer due to lack of water and grass.	Water management to bedone. Rainwater harvesting, and other methods of water conservation to be undertaken by drought- prone villages.
Locust attack	The locusts are seen hovering over the crops. The standingcrop is seen to be attacked.	Crops are damaged to a great extent.	Proper spraying of organic pesticides.
Financial crisis	The financial security of the nation is seen dwindling. There is lull in the share market	The poverty rises. Thebuying power of people is reduced. The buying-selling activities are seen to be suspended. Entire economic systems collapse.	The employment opportunities should be increased. People should be helped to set up the business.
Flood	The water level of canals, streams, rivers, etc. is seen to be rising.	The low-lying and the coastal areas are seen to be submerged. The entire region is waterlogged.	People and animals have to be shifted from the water- logged region to the safer places at the heights. After the flood water recedes the care has to be taken for controlling epidemics of communicable diseases that can spread rapidly due to deteriorating conditions in the region.
Famine	Rainfall is scanty. The water from the reservoirs and canals also recede. The crops do not grow. The crevices on the land and farms can be seen clearly.	People and cattle are starved. Due to lack of water and food the cattle die. There is major scarcity of the food grains. The prices of the food grains and other items, go on rising	In the drought-prone regions, famine is very common. So care is to be taken for water conservation before it rains. Select the crops that are resistant to such dry conditions.

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