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13 sept. 2023 · In this comprehensive guide, “What are Natural Hazards? Definition, Types, Causes, and Safety,” we delve deep into the world of these daunting phenomena that can reshape landscapes, alter lives, and compel communities to unite in recovery and resilience.
Natural hazards. Find out about risks in your region and how to prepare for different situations.
New report brings experts together for stronger, safer, more resilient communities. People in B.C. are exposed to a wide variety of potentially devastating natural hazards, including landslides, tsunamis, and earthquakes.
Natural hazard threats occur in areas where buildings, people, and related capital assets are exposed to the physical effects of earth system processes that have a potential to cause damage, injuries, losses, and related socioeconomic disruption.
This report is based on input and evidence from whole-of-society stakeholders across Canada, and provides a foundation for understanding disaster risk from the three costliest hazards facing Canadians: earthquakes, wildland fire, and floods. Read the National Risk Profile report.
When a natural hazard affects Canadians to the extent that the community involved needs assistance dealing with the harm that has occurred to people, and possibly the surrounding property and environment, the event becomes known as a disaster. Find out more about the following natural hazards:
