Hazards, Disasters, Catastrophes

According to our Geology textbook, "Natural Hazards and Disasters," by Donald Hyndman and David Hyndman, A hazard is dangerous and risky if there are people present and is an environment that could lead to a disaster or catastrophe if it affects people. A disaster causes significant damage, either to life or property. A catastrophe is very similar but it kills or injures a large number of people or causes major property damage. In, "Catastrophes are Different from Disasters," by E.L. Quarantelli, it is stated that in many catastrophes help from nearby communities cannot be provided because often nearby locations are also impacted as well as all or most of the residents. This happened in a lot of typical typhoons such as the Philippines. This semester I chose the Philippines as my country. The Philippines is a Southeast Asian country that consists of more than 7,000 islands.A lot of natural hazards tend to affect the Philippines.






This picture is of a disaster that happened in Samar Island, an island of the Philippines.