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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?
News and current events
Wikinews on Disasters and accidents- June 12: Four Boy Scouts killed in Iowa tornado
- June 11: Residents evacuated after partial building collapse in Buffalo, New York
- June 11: Indonesian police hand over Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 report to prosecutors
- June 10: Plane crashes in Khartoum
- June 9: Natural death confirmed for man who died on Disney World roller coaster
- June 9: UK policeman killed while training
- June 9: Lightning strikes park in Connecticut killing 1, injuring 4
- June 8: Eight dead and two missing after cargo ship fire in Kaliningrad, Russia
- June 8: Large earthquake shakes Greece
- June 7: Explosion and fire kill three at Indian petrochemical plant
- Acholiland insurgency
- Arab-Israeli conflict (al-Aqsa Intifada)
- War in Chad (2005–present)
- Colombian armed conflict
- Darfur conflict
- Iraq War
- Ituri Conflict in the DR Congo
- War in Somalia
- Ivorian Civil War
- Kurdish conflict in Turkey
- Second Chechen War
- South Thailand insurgency
- Sri Lankan Civil War
- Taliban insurgency
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- Disasters • Accidents involving fog • Disasters by country • Disasters in schools • Economic disasters • Environmental disasters • Famines • Fires • Disaster lists • Man-made disasters • Medical disasters • Natural disasters • Disasters by year
- Hazards • Accidents • Conflicts • Fire • Natural hazards • Spree shootings
- Emergency management • Business continuity and disaster recovery • Civil defense • Disaster management tools • Disaster preparedness • Disasters • Emergency laws • Emergency services • Hazards • Risk • Disaster stubs • Aviation accidents by year, location and airline
Disasters topics
- Disaster: Economic disaster • Environmental disasters • Famines • Fires • Man-made disaster • Disaster movies • Natural disasters
- Hazard: Accidents • Conflicts • Fire • Natural hazards • Spree killer
- Emergency management: Business continuity planning • Civil defense • Disaster preparedness • Emergency services • Risk
- 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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Disaster management Climate change • Environment • International development • Meteorology • Tropical cyclones editThings you can do
WikiProject: Disaster management
Here are some disasters related tasks you can do:- 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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What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
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