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What is a disaster?
What is a disaster? How can it affect the country?
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Every year, millions of people are affected by human and environmental disasters. Disasters can be eruptions, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, hurricanes, or fires. In a tragic accident, you run the risk of being killed or injured. You can also lose home, property and community. Such stress puts you at risk for emotional and physical problems.
Post-traumatic stress response looks like a normal response seen after any form of trauma. Disasters can create a whole range of mental and physical responses. You may also respond to post-event problems, as well as the causes or reminders of trauma.
Risk Factors
There are a number of factors that make it possible for someone to have serious or long-term problems after a disaster:
Difficulty of exposure
The amount of disaster exposure is highly correlated with the risk of future psychiatric disorders. Those most at risk are those who go through the same tragedy. The following are the ones closest to the victims. Those most at risk of lasting impact are those who had indirect exposure, such as cases of severe damage. Injuries and health threats are the leading causes of mental health problems. The study looked at severe natural disasters, such as the Armenian earthquake, the mudslide in Mexico, and Hurricane Andrew in the US. Findings indicate that at least half of these survivors have a depressive or mental health problem that requires clinical care.
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Disasters is an undesirable phenomenon resulting from forces that are largely outside human control. Disasters are viewed as a consequence of natural forces but natural forces are not only causes of disasters. Disasters are also caused by some human activities.
Natural Disasters
Natural disasters are relatively sudden and cause large scale, widespread death, loss of property and disturbance to social system and life over which people have a little or no control.
Classification of Natural Disasters
• Atmospheric :- Atmospheric natural disasters includes Lightning, Tornadoes,Drought, Heat wave etc.
• Terrestrial:- Terrestrial disasters includes earthquake, landslides, avalanches etc.
• Aquatic:- Aquatic natural disasters includes flood, tidal waves, storm surge, tsunami etc.
• Biological:- Biological disasters includes fungal, bacterial and viral diseases such as bird flu, dengue etc.
Man-Made Disasters
Man-made disasters are usually the result of things going wrong in our society. They include: blackouts, hazardous material spills, air pollution, house fires, radiation leaks, food or water contamination, and industrial chemical releases.
Effects of Disasters on Country
• A disaster that occurs in a country will cause a decrease in productivity, which in turn will cause a decline in economic growth in that country.
• A disaster results in huge economic loss due to destruction of property, human settlements and infrastructure etc.
• The disaster results in displacement of people, and displaced population often face several challenges in new settlements, in this process poorer becomes more poor.
• After natural disasters, food and other natural resources like water often becomes scarce resulting into food and water scarcity.
