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Damage caused to life and property was immense. However, estimate figure is unknown. The flood left thousands of people homeless. [2] On 17 October 1960, the 1960 Lucknow flood was a natural disaster that occurred in the city of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, India, in October 1960.
Human choices in architecture, [9] fire risk, [10] [11] and resource management [12] can cause or worsen natural disasters. Climate change also affects how often disasters due to extreme weather hazards happen. These "climate hazards" are floods, heat waves, wildfires, tropical cyclones, and the like. [13] Some things can make natural disasters ...
The international disaster database EM-DAT defines a disaster as “a situation or event that overwhelms local capacity, necessitating a request for external assistance at the national or international level; it is an unforeseen and often sudden event that causes great damage, destruction and human suffering.” [12] The effects of a disaster ...
A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslides, hurricanes etc. In order to be classified as a disaster, it will need to have a profound environmental effect and/or human loss and frequently incurs a financial loss. [1]
The government of Andhra Pradesh announced a lump sum donation of ₹ 10 crore (US$1.2 million) for the affected families of Wayanad. [194] [195] On 26 August, the government of Uttar Pradesh sanctioned ₹ 10 crore (US$1.2 million) to relief efforts in Kerala, as communicated in an official letter by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. [196]
There have been numerous flood incidents around the world which have caused devastating damage to infrastructure, the natural environment and human life. [37] Floods can have devastating impacts to human societies. Flooding events worldwide are increasing in frequency and severity, leading to increasing costs to societies. [37]
Additionally, global warming caused by climate change and other human impact on the environment, can increase the frequency of natural events (such as extreme weather) which trigger landslides. [9] Landslide mitigation describes the policy and practices for reducing the risk of human impacts of landslides, reducing the risk of natural disaster.
The environmental impacts of nuclear power plant disasters such as the Chernobyl disaster, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and the Three Mile Island accident, among others, persist indefinitely, though several other factors contributed to these events including improper management of fail safe systems and natural disasters putting ...