GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Wildlife can be killed by the force of the disaster or impacted indirectly through changes in habitat and food availability. Endangered species are especially vulnerable when habitat is destroyed. Water quality is impacted when sewage treatment facilities flood or debris enters reservoirs and waterways.

Detailed explanation-2: -Natural Hazards can also be divided into rapid onset hazards, such as Volcanic Eruptions, Earthquakes, Flash floods, Landslides, Severe Thunderstorms, Lightening, and wildfires, which develop with little warning and strike rapidly.

Detailed explanation-3: -Earthquakes are usually caused when underground rock suddenly breaks and there is rapid motion along a fault. This sudden release of energy causes the seismic waves that make the ground shake.

Detailed explanation-4: -Going forward, there is also a possibility that unforeseen events (i.e. major earthquakes in the Tokyo metropolitan area or along the Nankai Trough, outbreaks of infectious diseases, or volcanic eruptions) may occur on a scale that exceeds damage estimates carefully determined by the BCP.