NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS

C LASSIFICATION OF N ATURAL D ISASTERS experienced disasters and have faced and lived with them. Now people are becoming aware and various steps have been initiated at different levels for mitigating the effects of disasters. Identification and classification of disasters is being considered as an effective and scientific step to deal promptly and efficiently with the disasters. Broadly, natural disasters can be classified under four categories (See Table . ). India is one of those countries which has experienced most of the natural disasters mentioned in Table . . Every year it loses