Defined as "the combination of the probability of an event and its negative sequences".
Risk
Is "a sudden calamitous occurrences that causes great harm, injury, destruction and devastation to life and property.
Disaster
Refers to the potential (not actual and realized) disaster losses, in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets, and services which would occur in a community or society over a period of time
Disaster Risk
They can be classified as rapid onset disasters and those with progressive onset
Natural Disasters
a source or condition that has the potential to cause harm to humans in the form of injury, illness, property damage environmental damage or a combination of these
Hazard
Are caused by human activities, unlike natural hazard, human made hazards can often be prevented.
Human hazard
Occurs when an extreme natural event is destructive to human life and property