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Disaster is a word found in Oxford dictionary derived
from french word ‘DESASTRE’. disaster means negation or
destruction, mitigation means to reduce the effects of Disaster.
Disaster may be caused as an aftereffect of natural calamity or
manmade calamity or as an effect of combination of both to
effect atmosphere, biosphere or hydrosphere. It may be in the
forms of volcanic eruptions or avalanche, landslide Amarnath
(mudslide/ rockfall) Transportation (air, water, rail, road),
Climatic (draught famine) Epidemics , Plague (Surat Gujrat)
Earthquake (Latur, Bhuj, Ahmedabad) Fire (Ankleshwar, Oil
drilling deepsea platform accident by a boat setting ablaze
the platform), Brahmputra flood or Jhsaria coalmines. Japan,
Indonesia, Phillipines or Jwalamukhi in India.