Chemical Disaster
Chemical, being at the core of modern industrial systems, has attained a very serious concern for disaster management within government, private sector and community at large. Chemical disasters may be…
Biological Disasters
Biological disasters are causative of process or phenomenon of organic origin or conveyed by biological vectors, including exposure to pathogenic micro-organisms, toxins and bioactive substances that may cause loss of…
Nuclear and Radiological Emergency
Nuclear and Radiological Emergency can arise in a nuclear facility at plant level leading to plant/ site or offsite emergency depending upon the extent of its impact on the surroundings.…
Heat Wave
A Heat Wave is a period of abnormally high temperatures, more than the normal maximum temperature that occurs during the summer season in the North-Western parts of India. In India…
Tsunami
The Earth's lithosphere is broken up into a bunch of discrete pieces, called plates that move around the surface of the planet. There are seven or eight major plates (depending…
Cyclones
Cyclones are caused by atmospheric disturbances around a low-pressure area distinguished by swift and often destructive air circulation. Cyclones are usually accompanied by violent storms and bad weather. Cyclones are…
Landslide
Landslides are caused by disturbances in the natural stability of a slope. They can accompany heavy rains or follow droughts, earthquakes, or volcanic eruptions. Mudslides develop when water rapidly accumulates…
Floods
India is highly vulnerable to floods. Floods are the most frequent type of natural disaster and occur when an overflow of water submerges land that is usually dry. Floods are…
Earthquake
An earthquake is the shaking and vibration of the Earth's crust due to the movement of the Earth's plates (plate tectonics). Earthquakes can happen along any type of plate boundary.…