FRIENDS, THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY IN ANY HAND-OUTS OR TEXTBOOKS. THIS IS JUST MY UNDERSTANDING ON THE NATURAL HAZARDS WHICH I CAME ACROSS DURING MY TRAINING AND LOTS OF READING

NATURAL HAZARDS

1. METEOROLOGICAL
A. Storm
– Tropical Cyclone
– Extra-tropical Cyclone
– Local storm

2. CLIMATOLOGICAL
A. Extreme Temperature
– Heat Wave
– Cold Wave
– Extreme Winter Condition
B. Drought
C. Wildfire
– Forest Fire
– Land Fire

3. HYDROLOGICAL
A. Flood
– General flood
– Flash flood
– Storm Surge/Coastal Flood
B. Mass Movement (Wet)
– Rockfall
– Landslide
– Avalanche
– Subsidence/Sinkhole

4. GEOPHYSICAL
A. Earthquake
B. Volcanic Eruption
C. Mass Movement (Dry)
– Rockfall
– Landslide
– Avalanche
– Subsidence/Sinkhole

5. BIOLOGICAL
A. Epidemic
– Viral infectious disease
– Bacterial infectious disease
– Parasitic Infectious disease
– Fungal infectious disease
– Prion infectious disease
B. Insect Infestation
C. Animal Stampede

6. ASTRONOMICAL
A. Near Earth Object (NEO) – asteroid
B. Solar Flares/Solar Mass Ejection

* HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL
– Combination of storm with flood

 

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