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Research draft

natural disaster

vr.tr.natural-disaster · XCT.STA

Let an agent handle natural disasters by hazard type, location, impact and response, prioritising official warnings and verified information.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle natural disasters by hazard type, location, impact and response, prioritising official warnings and verified information.

A major adverse event resulting from natural processes, such as earthquakes, floods, storms, droughts, wildfires, volcanic eruptions or heavy snow, causing loss of life, damage and disruption.

What it is for: Understanding, preparing for and responding to disasters.

It can be prepare and reduce risk; warn and evacuate; respond and provide aid; recover and rebuild.

Distinguishing features

Triggered by natural hazards

Disaster results from hazard meeting exposure and vulnerability

Declared and managed by authorities

Misinformation spreads quickly during events

What it looks like

Damaged buildings, flooded areas, fires, ash clouds, collapsed infrastructure and emergency response.

How it is recognised

Official declarations and alerts

Disaster ids such as GLIDE numbers

Unverified images circulate during disasters

Related models

has kind - examples

flood and conflagration

is caused by - natural hazard

hazard

is managed by - field

disaster risk reduction

produces - impacts

consequence

In practice

Families and kinds

geophysical: earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis

hydrological: floods, landslides

meteorological: storms, heavy snow, cold disasters

climatological: droughts, wildfires

extraterrestrial: impact events

Identifiers

GLIDE number hazard code plus year plus number disaster events

EM-DAT id numeric disaster database

Standards and regulation

Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

National civil protection law

International humanitarian principles

Failure modes and hazards

Misinformation and unverified casualty numbers

Ignoring evacuation orders

Aid scams

Secondary hazards such as disease

Also called

impact winterwildfire smokewater-related disastersediment disasterheavy snowcold disastercrop failureearthquake disasterzudDebris flow (Murgang)flood disasternatural disaster in Japanlandslideimpact eventweather anomalylocust plaguemeteorological disastervolcanic eruptionlimnic eruptionflood damageTōhoku crop failureshallow landslidedeep-seated landslideglacier collapsemudflowbog sliderockslidecollapse of slopesturzstromsubmarine landslidelandslide damming in Nepallunar impactImpact events on Jupiterhistoric eruptions of Mount Fujiphreatic eruption2021-2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption seriesVolcanic eruptions of Sakurajimalateral eruptionparoxysmal eruptionmagmatic eruption

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Event What happened where.

Event basics first.

Hazard

Type.

Hazard

Hazard type.

  1. What type of hazard caused the disaster? definition
  2. Where and when did it occur? provenance

Scale

Magnitude.

Scale

Magnitude and extent.

  1. How large was it, on which scale? measurement
  2. What area was affected? measurement
Safety Protecting people now.

Official instructions save lives.

Warnings

Official alerts.

Warnings

Current alerts.

  1. Which official warnings or orders are in force? provenance
  2. What should people do right now? action

Help

Emergency contacts.

Emergency help

Where to get help.

  1. Which emergency numbers and shelters apply? action
  2. How can people report they are safe? action
Impact Losses and needs.

Impact figures must be verified.

Losses

Casualties and damage.

Losses

Verified losses.

  1. What are the verified casualties and damage, from which official source? provenance
  2. How uncertain are they? measurement

Needs

Humanitarian needs.

Needs

Needs assessment.

  1. What are the main humanitarian needs? measurement
  2. Which organisations are responding? provenance
Recovery Rebuilding and prevention.

Recovery should reduce future risk.

Aid

Donations and scams.

Aid

Safe giving.

  1. How can people donate safely? action
  2. Which appeals are verified? boundary

Risk reduction

Building back better.

Risk reduction

Future risk reduction.

  1. What measures will reduce future risk? action
  2. Who is responsible? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should disaster types be separate entries?
  • How should agents verify live information?
  • How should the registry link events to hazards?
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