- published: 11 Jan 2016
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A natural disaster is the effect of the earth's natural hazards, for example flood, tornado, hurricane, volcanic eruption, earthquake, heatwave, or landslide. They can lead to financial, environmental or human losses. The resulting loss depends on the vulnerability of the affected population to resist the hazard, also called their resilience. If these disasters continue it would be a great danger for the earth. This understanding is concentrated in the formulation: "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability." Thus a natural hazard will not result in a natural disaster in areas without vulnerability, e.g. strong earthquakes in uninhabited areas. The term natural has consequently been disputed because the events simply are not hazards or disasters without human involvement. A concrete example of the division between a natural hazard and a natural disaster is that the 1906 San Francisco earthquake was a disaster, whereas earthquakes are a hazard. This article gives an introduction to notable natural disasters, refer to the list of natural disasters for a comprehensive listing.
I cannot be broken
I cannot be tamed
My tongue is a fire and my words are a flame
I will burn and wither
I will stop for none
My will is a drought and my ego the sun
I'm the raging sea
I'm the bending trees
An unstoppable force with a wake of debris
I'm the wind and rain
I'm the loss and the pain
without you, I'm a natural disaster
I will drown the city
I am out for blood
The levee's my conscience, and my pride is a flood
I'm a vicious cycle, always the same
When the storm has passed
Just emptiness and sorrow remain
I'm a natural disaster
I'm a natural disaster, I'm coming on faster
I'm a natural disaster, I'm coming on faster
There's nowhere to to turn nowhere to hide