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The Wayanad Animal Husbandry Department reported that nearly 150 cattle and 75 goats perished in the disaster. [39] Wildlife activists noted a relatively low number of wild animal deaths, despite large swathes of forests being flattened by the landslides, because of their heightened alertness to natural disasters.
An example of the distinction between a natural hazard and a disaster is that an earthquake is the hazard which caused the 1906 San Francisco earthquake disaster. A natural hazard [ 18 ] is a natural phenomenon that might have a negative effect on humans and other animals , or the environment .
A natural disaster is the very harmful impact on a society or community after a natural hazard event. Some examples of natural hazard events include avalanches, droughts, earthquakes, floods, heat waves, landslides, tropical cyclones, volcanic activity and wildfires. [19]
This article is a list of environmental disasters. In this context it is an annotated list of specific events caused by human activity that results in a negative effect on the environment . Main article: Environmental disaster
Encroachment along the rivulet and its floodplains has obstructed natural water flow and flood management, worsening the impact of the floods. Key factors contributing to the disaster include the heavy rainfall, which exceeded expected levels, and climate change, which has led to increasingly severe weather events.
Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar termed the Chennai floods a "natural disaster of unappreciated scale", and said it provided lessons to improve urban planning and improve city governance. "Chennai gives a lesson, and we must learn from this lesson and improve our urban planning and improve city governance, which is ...
memorandum of the conservation law foundation, the natural resources defense council, and mass audubon in support of defendants’ motions for summary judgment and in opposition to peer et al. plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment on their claims under the endangered species act and migratory bird
A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc.