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What is a natural hazard?
Something natural that can endanger people, causing injury, death or damage to buildings.
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What is a natural disaster?
Whan a hazard actually happens.
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What are the different types of natural hazards?
Geological and Meteorological.
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What are geological hazard?
Caused by the land on Earth and tecctonic movement.
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What are meteorological hazards?
Involving the weather or climate.
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What is hazard risk?
The likelihood of a natural hazard happening.
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What factors influence hazard risk?
Population density, ability to cope and population distribution.
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What factors affects the ability to cope with natural hazards for different areas?
Income and preparation.
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Which factors affect how bad a natural hazard is?
Predictability, frequency and magnitude.
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