1. What is a natural disaster? 2. What can a natural disaster cause? 3. What does the loss depend on? 4. When do disasters happen? 5. When isn't a natural disaster a disaster? 6. What turns a natural hazard into a natural disaster?

1. A natural disaster is a dangerous event in nature, such as an earthquake, flood, hurricane, drought or volcanic eruption, that causes serious harm to people or places.

2. It can cause deaths, injuries, destroyed homes, damaged roads, loss of food and water, and serious economic problems.

3. The loss depends on the strength of the event, the number of people living in the area, how well they are prepared, and how strong the buildings and warning systems are.

4. Disasters happen when a natural hazard affects people, settlements or important objects.

5. A natural hazard is not a disaster if it happens where there are no people and no serious damage is caused.

6. A natural hazard turns into a natural disaster when it causes human deaths, suffering, destruction or big losses.

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