Disaster Management Cycle
A coastal barangay receives a typhoon warning three days before landfall. Families prepare go-bags and evacuate to designated centers. Which disaster management phase is demonstrated?
Preparedness
It is the process of planning and preparing for potential disasters before they occur.
Disaster Readiness
It is a potential threat or danger that can cause harm to people, property, or the environment.
It happens when a hazard seriously affects a community and overwhelms its capacity to cope.
Disaster
Heavy rainfall causes a river to overflow, submerging nearby communities. What type of disaster occurred?
After a major earthquake, rescue teams search for trapped victims and distribute relief goods. Which disaster management phase is taking place?
Response
The potential loss or damage caused by a disaster.
Disaster Risk
The weakness or lack of protection that makes people or places more likely to be harmed by hazards.
Double Jeopardy:
A community receives early and accurate warnings about an approaching typhoon, allowing residents to evacuate safely. Which factor helped reduce disaster risk?
Early Warning System
Strong shaking caused by the sudden release of energy along fault lines damages buildings. What disaster is being described?
Earthquake
Double Jeopardy:
A municipality plants thousands of trees and constructs flood-control projects to reduce future flood damage. Which disaster management phase is illustrated?
Mitigation
The presence of people, buildings, or resources in hazard-prone areas.
Double Jeopardy:
A disaster exceeds the affected community's ability to __________ using its own resources.
Cope
The 1990 Luzon Earthquake had a magnitude of __________.
7.8
A chemical plant accidentally releases toxic gas, causing deaths and long-term health effects. What classification of disaster is this?
Industrial Accident
A family rebuilds their home and receives livelihood assistance several months after a typhoon. Which disaster management phase is this?
Recovery
Mitigation is to before a disaster as Recovery is to __________.
After Disaster / After
Volcano is to __________ as Flood is to Water Contamination.
Ashfall
Poor urban planning, deforestation, and poverty are examples of __________ and social conditions that increase disaster risk.
Political
Double Jeopardy:
Months of unusually low rainfall result in crop failure and water shortages. What disaster is described?
Drought
A barangay has trained volunteers, evacuation centers, and emergency supplies ready before disasters. Which DRRR concept is being described?
Capacity
Disaster Readiness is to preparing as Risk Reduction is to __________.
Lessen the impact
Double Jeopardy:
Tsunami is to underwater earthquake as Tornado is to __________.
Thunderstorm
The __________ Valley Fault is one of the country's active fault lines.
West
Double Jeopardy:
The 1991 eruption of Mt. __________ was one of the largest volcanic eruptions of the 20th century.
Pinatubo