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{{definition| Natural Disaster is any emergency defined by the Commonwealth for the purposes of the Natural Disaster Relief Arrangements: bushfires, cyclones, earthquakes, floods and storms including hail. <ref name="MAIMAus">[https://www.em.gov.au/Documents/Manual03-AEMGlossary.PDF Australian Emergency Management Glossary, Emergency Management Australia (1998)]</ref>}}<br /> | {{definition| Natural Disaster is any emergency defined by the Commonwealth for the purposes of the Natural Disaster Relief Arrangements: bushfires, cyclones, earthquakes, floods and storms including hail. <ref name="MAIMAus">[https://www.em.gov.au/Documents/Manual03-AEMGlossary.PDF Australian Emergency Management Glossary, Emergency Management Australia (1998)]</ref>}}<br /> | ||
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| + | {{definition|A disaster triggered by a [[Natural Hazard|natural hazard]].<br /><br />Catastrophe causée par un danger naturel. <ref name="canada">[http://www.bt-tb.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/publications/documents/urgence-emergency.pdf Vocabulaire de la gestion des urgencies/Emergency Management Emergency Management Vocabulary 281 (2012)]</ref>}} | ||
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===Standard Definition=== | ===Standard Definition=== | ||
Revision as of 01:30, 30 May 2015
Natural disasters: [1]
- Geophysical events (Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcanic eruption, Mass movement);
- Meteorological events (Storm, Extreme temperature, Drought, Wildfire, Extreme rainfall);
- Hydrological events (Flood);
- Biological events (Epidemic, Insect infestation, Animal disease);
- Outer space events (Meteorites, Geomagnetic storms).
Contents
Definitions
European Definitions
Other International Definitions
National Definitions
Australia
Natural Disaster is any emergency defined by the Commonwealth for the purposes of the Natural Disaster Relief Arrangements: bushfires, cyclones, earthquakes, floods and storms including hail. [2]
Canada
Standard Definition
See also
- Crisis
- Disaster
- Hazard
- Biological Hazard
- Geological Hazard
- Hydrometeorological Hazard
- Natural Hazard
Notes
- ↑ As defined by ESRIF and EMDAT (source: EU ACRIMAS)
- ↑ Australian Emergency Management Glossary, Emergency Management Australia (1998)
- ↑ Vocabulaire de la gestion des urgencies/Emergency Management Emergency Management Vocabulary 281 (2012)
