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Natural Hazards
Environmental Science Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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natural disaster | a particular event in which 10 or more people are killed; 100 or more people are affected; a declaration of emergency is issued, or there is a request for international assistance |
subsidence | sinking |
magnitude | intensity of a natural hazard in terms of the amount of energy released |
frequency | recurrence interval of a disastrous event |
catastrophe | disastrous situations requiring a long process to recovery from grave damages |
risk analysis | calculating risk to society; critical to understanding impacts |
forecast | certainty of event is given as the % chance of the event happening (80% chance of rain) |
warning | to alert public of a prediction or forecast which is hazardous |