- When the weather becomes strong that it causes damage e.g drought
- A natural disaster impacts on a community where as a natural hazard strikes some where and doesn't effect a community
- Those related to weather, and those related to the movements of the earth's crust
- Weather- Cyclone, heatwave, drought, flood, storms, tornadoes. Movement of the earth's crust- landslides, earth tremors, earthquakes.
- Because more people are effected from it
- Economic impacts, Environmental impacts
- Social- loss of life, stress on families, Economic- damage to industry, Environmental- Destruction on nature and human environment
- So we can be prepared for what is going to happen
- So they can predict where a natural hazard is more likely to occur
- a)tropical cyclone, bushfire, flood.b) Heat waves
- a)they could warn families about how high the hazard rate is and they could prepare just in case3.
b) Each state has a different rates and could enforce rules for this reason
c) medical centres and hospitals could be set up out of of the disaster areas but close enough to help
d) They can insure peoples houses and things in case of a hazard