Name that Disaster
This disaster is caused by the sudden movement of tectonic plates.
What is an earthquake?
This is a serious disruption that causes widespread loss of life, property, or the environment.
What is a disaster?
This is the most common and noticeable effect of an earthquake.
What is ground shaking?
This perspective focuses on how disasters affect people’s lives, beliefs, and communities.
What is the social perspective?
In community disaster plans, this group of people—such as elderly, children, or persons with disability—require special attention.
Who are vulnerable groups?
This powerful storm brings strong winds and heavy rain, common in the Philippines.
What is a typhoon?
This refers to natural or human-made events that can potentially cause damage or loss.
What is a hazard?
This hazard occurs when soil loses its strength and acts like liquid during intense shaking.
What is liquefaction?
This perspective considers the financial loss and economic disruption caused by disasters.
What is the economic perspective?
The national agency in the Philippines responsible for disaster risk reduction and management.
What is NDRRMC (National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council)?
This occurs when heavy rains cause rivers or lakes to overflow.
What is a flood?
This is the presence of people, infrastructure, or resources in hazard-prone areas.
What is exposure?
This refers to the sudden movement of the ground that may displace surface structures like roads.
What is ground rupture?
This perspective examines how government policies and leadership affect disaster response.
What is the political perspective?
This term refers to reducing the negative effects of a hazard without completely eliminating the threat.
What is hazard mitigation?
This disaster can be triggered by both natural and human-made causes and involves land collapse.
What is a landslide?
This term refers to the inability of a community to cope with the impacts of a disaster.
What is vulnerability?
A large earthquake under the sea may trigger this destructive water wave.
What is a tsunami?
This perspective studies the impact of disasters on ecosystems and natural resources.
What is the environmental perspective?
This super typhoon struck Eastern Visayas in 2013 and is considered the strongest to ever make landfall in the Philippines.
What is Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)?
A volcanic eruption can cause this fast-moving flow of hot gas and volcanic matter.
What is a pyroclastic flow?
The combination of hazard, exposure, and vulnerability results in this overall threat.
What is disaster risk?
This occurs when slopes become unstable during an earthquake, causing mass movement of earth material.
What is an earthquake-induced landslide?
This includes trauma, anxiety, and depression experienced by survivors after a disaster.
What are the psychological effects?
This massive flooding event in 2009 was caused by Tropical Storm, submerging parts of Metro Manila.
What is the Ondoy Flood or Tropical Storm Ondoy (Ketsana)?