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natural hazards AND DISASTERS:CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND MANAGEMENTThis unit deals with Floods and droughts Earthquakes and tsunami Cyclones LandslidesUNITIV2015-16(20/01/2015)You might have read about tsunami orseen the images of horror ontelevision set immediately after ithappened. You may also be aware of the severeearthquake in Kashmir on both sides of theLine of Control (LOC). The damage caused tohuman life and properties during theseepisodes has moved us all. What are these asphenomena and how they are caused? Howcan we save ourselves? These are somequestions which come to our minds. Thischapter will attempt to analyse some of is the law of nature. It is a continuousprocess that goes on uninterruptedly involvingphenomena, big and small, material and non-material that make our physical and socio-cultural environment.
NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS 79 These observations can also be corroborated by the data given in Table 7.1 showing the magnitude of deaths caused by twelve serious natural disasters in the past sixty years in different countries of the world. It is evident from the table that natural disasters have caused widespread loss of life and property.
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