Disaster Information In English. The international disasters database includes information on man made and natural disasters basic definitions and a database of disasters occurrence and impact from 1900 to today. 4 reactor in the chernobyl nuclear power plant near the city of pripyat in the north of the ukrainian ssr.
When it does it produces a vacuum effect that sucks coastal water seaward and exposes harbor and sea floors. The kerala flood in india was another flood that has destroyed people s houses. This is most commonly due to an overflowing river a dam break snowmelt or heavy rainfall less commonly happening are tsunamis storm surge.
A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard which leads to financial environmental or human losses.
It is considered the worst nuclear disaster in history and was caused by one of only two nuclear energy accidents rated at seven the maximum severity on the international. A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the earth. A flood is an overflow of water on normally dry ground. Developing countries suffer the greatest costs when a disaster hits more than 95 percent of all deaths caused by hazards occur in developing.