Disaster Management — Social Science STD 8 — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 8Social ScienceDisaster Management5 Marks
Question
State the types of disasters
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Answer
The experts of Disaster Management have divided the disasters mainly into two types
$(1)$ Natural Disasters and $(2)$ Man-made disasters
$(1)$ Natural Disasters: Flood, cyclone $(storm)$. tsunami. locust hazard. plague, drought, epidemic. earthquake. volcano. forest fire, landslide, etc.Natural disasters are of two types:
$(1)$ The disasters which can be predicted: Flood. cyclone tsunami. locust hazard. drought. epidemic. etc. $(ii)$ The disasters which cannot be predicted: Earthquake volcano forest fire. landslide. etc.
$(2)$ Man-made disasters: Fire. riots, bomb blast industrial accident, etc.
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