Disaster
Management Bits
* An earthquake under the Sea is called Tsunami.
* Main objective of First Aid is to prevent life.
* Richter scale is used for measuring intensity of earthquakes.
* Tsunami waves may be generated because
of undersea earthquakes.
* Earthquake, Cyclone and Landslides are Natural Hazards.
* The Ministry at the central Government which coordinates all Disaster Management activities in the
country is Home Affairs.
* Number of people killed by Natural Disasters in India from 1980 to 2010 were 1,43,039.
* National Institute of Disaster Management is at New Delhi.
* UN Disaster Management Team (UNDMT)
is responsible for solving the problems resulting from disasters occurring in all countries in the World.
* A disaster is an event which results in Loss
of human life, loss of property and loss of livelihood.
* Disaster Management Act was
made in India in 2005.
* United Nations General Assembly proclaimed
the 1990s as the International Decade for
Natural Disaster Reduction.
* During 1980-2010, number of people affected by natural disasters in India were 1,521,726,127.
*
Natural Disasters from
1980 - 2010
Overview
|
No of
events
|
431
|
|
No of
people killed
|
143,039
|
|
Average
killed per year
|
4,614
|
|
No of
people affected
|
1,521,726,127
|
|
Average
affected per year
|
49,087,940
|
|
Economic
Damage (US$ X 1,000)
|
48,063,830
|
|
Economic
Damage per year (US$ X 1,000):
|
1,550,446
|
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