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Environment and Public Health > Environment > Disasters
Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Disasters

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Disasters  

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  • coordinate with specific event causing the disaster; specify geographic location

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  • Calamities producing great damage, loss of life, and distress. They include results of natural phenomena and man-made phenomena. Normal conditions of existence are disrupted and the level of impact exceeds the capacity of the hazard-affected community.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004190

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