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  2. Disaster - Wikipedia

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    A disaster is an event that causes serious harm to people, buildings, economies, or the environment, and the affected community cannot handle it alone. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ better source needed ] Natural disasters like avalanches , floods , earthquakes , and wildfires are caused by natural hazards . [ 3 ]

  3. Natural disaster - Wikipedia

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    A natural disaster is the highly harmful impact on a society or community following a natural hazard event. The term "disaster" itself is defined as follows: "Disasters are serious disruptions to the functioning of a community that exceed its capacity to cope using its own resources.

  4. 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]

  5. Disaster response - Wikipedia

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    The Business Dictionary provide a more comprehensive definition for "disaster response"; [2] Aggregate of decisions and measures to (1) contain or mitigate the effects of a disastrous event to prevent any further loss of life and/or property, (2) restore order in its immediate aftermath, and (3) re-establish normality through reconstruction and ...

  6. Hazard - Wikipedia

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    A disaster hazard is an extreme geophysical event that is capable of causing a disaster. 'Extreme' in this case means a substantial variation in either the positive or the negative direction from the normal trend; flood disasters can result from exceptionally high precipitation and river discharge, and drought is caused by exceptionally low ...

  7. Biden on Helene disaster: 'We're not leaving until the job is ...

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    On Sunday, Biden approved major disaster declarations for the states of Florida and North Carolina, allowing survivors to immediately access funds and begin recovery efforts.

  8. 100+ years later: Hurricane Helene wreaks havoc on Asheville ...

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    One of the areas most heavily impacted by the hurricane was the city of Asheville, which suffered its worst disaster since the “Great Flood” over a century ago.

  9. Opinion - The holidays: A time for hope and disaster relief

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    The last authorization vote was in December 2022, meaning communities impacted by natural disasters after January 2023 still have not received CDBG-DR dollars. This is unacceptable by any measure.