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1. Natural disasters – They are normally of sudden impact or slow onset. The sudden ones
occur due to natural causes like earth quake, tropical storm, floods, and volcanic
eruptions. The slow onsets are like drought, famine, pest infection, deforestation.
Epidemic diseases e.g. waterborne vector borne diseases like. Cholera.
2. Man made – mainly occurs due to human errors and sometimes are of industrial origin
e.g. fires, pollution, explosion and spillages.
3. Complex emergencies – this includes wars, civil strike and armed aggression due to
political issues or condition.
Titany answered the question on November 11, 2021 at 11:27