ENVIRSC 2GI3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Coastal Erosion, Return Period, Natural Hazard

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Environmental Science
• Course: ENVIRSC 2GI3
• Professor: Luc Bernier

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In terms of people dying from these exposures, there"s actually more people dying from car accidents per year then natural disasters. How many people died around the indian ocean because of the tsunami of. Many of these disasters can be prevented. Responsible for a minimum of 30 deaths. Canada: >, 000 of damage then the government will provide assistance. Damage shown in photo is already 100 000. First nations might not even qualify for the threshold. > generally these people are more exposed and will lose their lives. > a lot of people don"t die from disaster, its more after the disaster. > people are exposed to infections and diseases and die more from these then from the disaster itself. Certain events are more prone from happening; wildfires from bc is from how people interact with the landscape. (people causing wild fires) Can we predict when natural hazards will happen? .