HEALTH 4th QA

These are any source of harm or damage to life, health, or the environment which can be experienced by the community. They are either natural or manmade.

• Disaster

• Hazard

This is a sudden unforeseen crisis usually involving danger, that requires immediate action.

• Emergency

• Hazard

These are hazards that happen suddenly and cause much suffering or loss to many people.

• Disasters

• Accident

These are are unfortunate incidents that happen unexpectedly to anybody, anywhere at any time.

• Accidents

• Injuries

These refer to all kinds of physical harm that happen to any part of the body.

• Accidents

• Injuries

A combination of strong winds and heavy rain fall.

• Storm Surge

• Typhoon

This refers to huge, high waves that happen when water is pushed to the shore by a typhoon. When strong winds due to a typhoon hit the ocean, it creates strong big waves up to around 10 feet high

• Storm Surge

• Typhoon

It is an overflow of water that covers c area that is usually dry. Floods happe because of many reasons like heavy pains, the spilling of dams/ storm surge and tsunamis.

• Flood

• Typhoon

It is a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.

• Flood

• Tsunami

is a sudden light or violent shaking of the ground produced by the sudden movement of rock materials below the earth's surface.

• earthquake

• Landslide