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  2. Template:Natural disasters - Wikipedia

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    It can be transcluded on pages by placing {{Natural disasters}} below the standard article appendices. Initial visibility This template's initial visibility currently defaults to autocollapse , meaning that if there is another collapsible item on the page (a navbox, sidebar , or table with the collapsible attribute ), it is hidden apart from ...

  3. Category:Natural disasters templates - Wikipedia

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    [[Category:Natural disasters templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Natural disasters templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.

  4. Hazard map - Wikipedia

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    Hazard maps are created and used in conjunction with several natural disasters. [1] Different hazard maps have different uses. For instance, the hazard map created by the Rizal Geological Survey is used by Rizalian insurance agencies in order to properly adjust insurance for people living in hazardous areas. [2]

  5. Natural disaster - Wikipedia

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    The term natural disaster has been called a misnomer already in 1976. [6] A disaster is a result of a natural hazard impacting a vulnerable community. But disasters can be avoided. Earthquakes, droughts, floods, storms, and other events lead to disasters because of human action and inaction.

  6. Disaster - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. Event resulting in major damage, destruction or death For other uses, see Disaster (disambiguation). Ruins from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, one of the worst disasters in the history of the United States A disaster is an event that causes serious harm to people, buildings ...

  7. Environmental issues in Nepal - Wikipedia

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    Data reveals that more than 80 percent of property loss due to disasters is attributable to climate hazards, particularly water-related events such as floods, landslides and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). [16] The floods of 2018 spread across the foothills of the Himalayas and brought landslides.

  8. List of natural disasters in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Costliest natural disaster in the United States prior to Hurricane Katrina. 1988 Wildfire: 2 $240 million Yellowstone fires of 1988: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 793,880 acres (36% of the park) was burned in the fires started by lightning. 1985 Hurricane: 9 $1.3 billion Hurricane Elena: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas ...

  9. Emergency management - Wikipedia

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    A mobile emergency operations center, in this case operated by the Air National Guard. Emergency management (also disaster management) is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. [1]