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 WHAT IS DISASTER?
A serious disruption of the functioning of a
community or a society involving widespread
human, material, economic, or environmental
losses and impacts which exceeds the ability of the
affected community or society to cope using its own
resources.

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 WHAT IS DISASTER
RISK?
Disaster risk is expressed as the likelihood of loss
of life, injury or destruction and damage from a
disaster in a given period of time.

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 ESTIMATING
DISASTER RISK
Disaster risk is expressed as a function of hazard,
exposure and vulnerability. It seeks not only to
express the chance of the disaster happening but
also to quantify the impact.

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 DISASTER RISK
Disaster Risk = Hazard x Exposure X vulnerability

Keeping people and property away as possible away

from the hazard.

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 DISASTER RISK
Magnitude of disaster depends on …

1. The severity of natural event

2. the quantity of exposure of the elements at risk
which includes lives and properties
3. Vulnerability level of quality of exposure

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 CHARACTERISTICS
OF DISASTERS
1. Disasters are unexpected with little or no warning.
2. It can cause widespread death, injury and property.
3. Those which can hurt you are those which you do
not see coming.
4.Disaster create demands beyond the capacity of
government.
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 MEDICAL EFFECTS
The medical effects of disaster include traumatic
injuries, emotional stress, epidemic diseases and
indigenous diseases.

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 DAMAGE TO CRITICAL
FACILITIES
Disaster can destroy or damage facilities that may be
critical not only in maintaining a safe environment and
public order, but also in responding to the disaster.

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 DISRUPTION OF
TRANSPORTATION
The restricted mobility of vehicles makes rescue and
other emergency operations doubly difficult.

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 ECONOMIC IMPACT

Disaster disrupts economies as normal business

operations and other economic activities are curtailed.

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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL
CHANGE
The changes could result in a wide range of more
hazards such as wildfires and mudslide, reduced
productivity in the oceans and weakened immune
system of people and animals.

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 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
IMPACT
The poor are the most vulnerable whenever strikes,
these countries are most affected.

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