1. A natural hazard is a threat of a naturally occurring event that will have a negative effect on people or the environment.
2. A natural hazard does not harm people but it can harm the environment. A natural disaster causes casualties and sometimes economic downpour.
3. those related to weather and climatic factors and those related to movements in the Earth's crust.
4. those related to weather and climatic factors - drought, flood, heatwaves, bushfires, strong winds, storms, tropical cyclones and tornadoes
those related to movements in the Earth's crust - landslides, earth tremors, earthquakes and tsunamis.
5. It effects more people.
6. Drought and bushfires.
7. Social hazards - loss of life
Economic impacts - loss and destruction of property
Environmental impacts - the death of and injury of animals
8. so they can be prepared for what can happen to them
9. it is the amount of natural hazards in a certain postcode and then it is put on a map.
10.a. Tropical cyclones, Flood and bushfire
b. heatwaves
11. a. they can focus on areas that need more money to help the community out.
b. the same ^^
c. they can put more emergency centres in the more dangerous places for casualties that are predicted to come.
d. insurance companies can postion themselves to get more money for the company.
