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Natural and Man-made Disasters with Case Studies — Geography STD 8 — Question

ICSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 8GeographyNatural and Man-made Disasters with Case Studies2 Marks
Question
How are disasters classified ?
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Answer

Disasters can be broadly categorised into :
  1. Natural disasters $—$ It includes floods, cyclones, earthquakes
    and droughts that happen with natural forces and no human intervention.
  2. Man$-$made disasters $—$ It includes train accidents, plane crashes, nuclear or industrial accidents, biological disasters, terrorist attacks, use of weapons and mass destruction which are caused by human acts.

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