Direct and Indirect Effects of Natural Disasters on Livestock are:People want to save their own lives and of their family members during disasters but tend to neglect the safety of their animals. Sometimes animals run away in panic...
Specialists are required to assist and advise in surveying the availability of local food and relates supplies and in supervising their collection, storage, transportation and distribution.
In the emergencies created by disaster, storage and distribution of food is one of the essential and important aspects that need careful attention. Every effort should be made to minimize damaged of foodstuff already available in the affected areas.
While it is not possible to prevent the occurrence of disasters, it is certainly possible to reduce the resultant disastrous effects through adequate preparedness and timely action.
The threat of chemical and biological warfare has been talked about frequently in the past years but the likelihood of such occurrence has assumed serious concern in the emerging terrorism dominated environment. Such tactics have been rightly given the name of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).
The word 'planning’ generally covers two entirely different approaches in the context of disasters. One is that of land-use or physical planning.
Let us first distinguish between industrial and technological disasters. In fact, there is no demarcation between them. In a broader sense, an accident or a disaster in an industrial unit can be termed as industrial, while all others can be called as technological, e.g. war, nuclear accidents, train and accidents, and the like.
There is always a set of laws, rules, regulations, “Do’s & Don’ts” for every activity of rules for road traffic, handling electricity, domestic cooking gas, etc. exist. Accidents still keep on happening due to negligence or system failure.
The following are the typical effects of industrial and technological disasters: 1. Injuries and death. 2. Destruction of buildings and other property. 2. Destruction of buildings and other property.
All natural disasters leave behind a trail of damage, death and destruction, the common problems faced in areas affected by disasters are : 1. A great loss of animal, plant and human life. 2. People get hurt by or buried under fallen debris.