Hazards

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The spatial coverage of the hazard.
Distribution
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The number of times an event occurs during a period.
Frequency
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The size of a hazard's impacts.
Magnitude
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The immediate local (and global) response to a disaster in the form of aid.
Relief
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When people try to return back to normal after a hazard.
Rehabilitation
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The collective name for the crust and mantel.
Lithosphere
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A type of mudflow from a volcano that is a mixture of volcanic ash and water.
Lahars
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Strips of alternating magnetic polarity in regions of spreading, such as the mid-Atlantic.
Palaeomagnetism
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Avalanches containing hot volcanic gases, ash and volcanic bombs. Can get very fast on steep volcanos.
Pyroclastic flows
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The number of times an event occurs during a period.

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Frequency

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The size of a hazard's impacts.

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Card 4

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The immediate local (and global) response to a disaster in the form of aid.

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Card 5

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When people try to return back to normal after a hazard.

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