GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Natural hazards and natural disasters are related but are not the same. A natural hazard is the threat of an event that will likely have a negative impact. A natural disaster is the negative impact following an actual occurrence of natural hazard in the event that it significantly harms a community.

Detailed explanation-2: -Disasters can be caused by natural, man-made and technological hazards, as well as various factors that influence the exposure and vulnerability of a community.-International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), The term “natural disaster” has been called a misnomer already in 1976.

Detailed explanation-3: -A natural disaster is generated and caused by nature, like earthquakes, volcano, floods.

Detailed explanation-4: -A hazard is any phenomena that has the potential to cause destruction to life and property. A hazard become a disaster when the potential to cause destruction is fulfilled. When there is harm to life and property of humans, the hazard is termed a disaster. All disasters are hazards, but all hazards are not disasters.