Difference between hazards, disasters and catastrophes.

There are natural processes, such as earthquakes, that only become dangerous when humans are on their way. When the case is that humans actually happen to be on the way then such processes become “natural hazards”. Disasters and catastrophes are similar in the way that they damage property and take people’s lives.  The difference between these two however, is that a disaster occurs over a short period of time and an average of 100 or less people are affected. A catastrophe is a lot more destructive and costs a lot more money as well as many years to recuperate from. One example of this is hurricane Katrina which costed an estimated $100 billion in damages which is the largest

catastrophe in the US.

Global weather has been changing in the last half century that natural disasters have increased dramatically all around the world. For example, devastating fires have happened where homes have been damaged, or heavy snow storms where people are not able to leave their homes for days because the snow doesn’t allow it. In other places the heat is so intense that people get dehydrated to the point where their lives are at risk. All of these events built up to bigger and more dangerous events, where almost every time property is lost and populations need the help of neighboring cities and even other countries to come out from such situations and get back on their feet.