What is a Disaster ?
A disaster can be defined as “A serious disruption in the functioning of the
community or a society causing wide spread material, economic, social or
environmental losses which exceed the ability of the affected society to cope
using its own resources”
A disaster is a result from the combination of hazard, vulnerability and
insufficient capacity or measures to reduce the potential chances of
risk.
A disaster happens when a hazard impacts on the vulnerable
population and causes damage, casualties and disruption