BASIC CONCEPT OF DISASTER AND DISASTER RISK

Activity 1: Tell me something!

Direction: Examine the pictures given below. List down as many as you can about what you know in the blank.

Phenomenon What can you say about it?

You sometimes hear the word ‘disaster’ in movie lines like, “My life has been in disaster since you left me!”.
Additionally, ‘disaster’ is also used as an expression when we dislike the situation we are in. However, in this lesson, we
will describe disaster in the perspective of how disaster would come due to several factors. By the way, how do you
picture disaster in your own experience? Obviously, there could be many definition of disaster based on how we are in a
particular situation. Whatever perspective you are thinking, knock on wood ,for sure everybody doesn’t want to
experience a disaster.