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Disaster(from Middle French désastre, from Old Italian disastro, from Latinpejorative prefix dis- bad + astrum star) is the impact of a naturalor man-made hazardthat negatively affects life, property, livelihood or industryoften resulting in permanent changes to human societies, ecosystemsand the environment. Disasters manifest as hazards exacerbating vulnerable conditions and exceeding individuals' and communities' means to survive and thrive. The word's roots is from astrologyand imply that when the starsare in a bad position, a bad event is about to happen. Disasters can be split up into two major categories--natural disasters and man-made disasters.

A natural disaster is the consequence of the combination of a natural hazard (a physical event e.g. volcanic eruption, earthquake, storm, flood, drought, fire, etc) and human activities. Human vulnerability, sometimes including the lack of appropriate emergency management, leads to financial, structural, and human losses.
A man-made disaster is a disaster that is accidentally or intentionally created by humans. Examples of man-made disasters include explosions, pollution, terrorist incidents, shipwrecks, stampedes, industrial incidents, climate changes, wars, etc.

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...that despite the severity of the Air France Flight 358 accident (pictured), no fatalities were reported and it has since been dubbed the Toronto Miracle?
...that the massive St. Lucia's flood of 1287 actually occurred on December 14, the day after St. Lucia Day?
...that the Torrey Canyon environmental disaster was the subject of a satirical song by Serge Gainsbourg on the album Comic Strip?
...that the 1404 St. Elizabeth's flood in the Netherlands was followed by a second St. Elizabeth's flood that occurred exactly 17 years later?

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Lists: In Australia by death toll • Bridge disasters • Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks • Natural disasters by death toll • Epidemics • Famines • Mass deaths and atrocities of the twentieth century • Mining disasters in Poland • Tornadoes and tornado outbreaks • United Kingdom disasters by death toll • Wars and disasters by death toll

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Improve: Ramstein airshow disaster, Emergency management, Canal Hotel bombing, Threat of the Dnieper reservoirs, I-35W Mississippi River bridge
Expand: Disaster response, Stampede, Bambi bucket, Environmental hazard, Environmental disaster, 1948 Ashgabat earthquake, 1920 Gansu earthquake, 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake
Create: Vulnerability (Society) see Vulnerability, Hazard (Society) see Natural hazard, 2000 Pingxiang steel plant oxygen generator explosion see bottom of [1].

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