UMAY

Cards (24)

  • RA 10121 - basic policies and coordination mechanism for DRRM through the DRMMC at the national, regional, and local levels
  • sendai framework for disaster risk reduction 2015-2030 - substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic, physical, social, cultural, and environmental assets of person, business, community, countries
  • emergency kit
    1. shelter
    2. water
    3. food
    4. tools
    5. fire starting
    6. light and signaling instruments
    7. first-aid kit
    8. personal effects and hygiene kits
  • la nina - represents period of below-average sea surface temperature across the east-central equatorial pacific
  • landslide - ground movement on a sloping terrain
  • landslide
    1. soil creep landslide
    2. slumping landslide
    3. debris flow landslide
    4. rock fall landslide
  • sinkhole - when groundwater dissolves the underlying limestone bedrock
  • sinkhole
    1. cover collapse sinkhole
    2. cover subsidence sinkhole
    3. dissolution sinkhole
    4. artificial sinkhole
  • hyogo framework for action (HFA) 2005-2015 - world conference on disaster reduction
  • hyogo framework for action (HFA) 2005-2015 - comprehensive, action-oriented response to international concern about the growing impacts of disaster on individuals, communities, and national development
  • flashflood - caused by heavy or excessive rainfall in short period of time
  • flashpoint - lowest temperature at which vapors above a volatile combustible substance ignite in air when exposed to flame
  • fire - rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermal chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products
  • heat - an energy that flows through object
  • fuel - any material that can be burned such as liquid, solid, gas
  • oxygen - an element, estimated 21% of it can be found in the air
  • oxygen - serves as an oxidizing agent for combustible materials
  • El nino - large- scale ocean atmosphere climate interaction linked to a periodic warning in sea surface temperature across the central and east-central equational pacific
  • thunderstorm - powerful, short-lived weather disturbance, associated with lightning, thunder, dense clouds, heavy rain or hail, and fast, roaring winds
  • hydrometeorological hazard - process or phenomenon of atmospheric, hydrological that causes loss of life, etc
  • hydrometeorological hazard
    1. typhoon
    2. flood
    3. flashflood
    4. storm surge
    5. thunderstorm
    6. la nina
    7. el nino
  • weather map - displays the air pressure, wind, temperature, and humidity distribution trends at various atmospheric rates
  • tropical cyclone - an intense circular storm that originates over warm tropical oceans and is characterized by low atmospheric pressure, high winds, and heavy rain
  • storm surge - irregular sea- level rise during tropical cyclone accurs