What are the main types of disasters?

Disasters include geological disasters, meteorological disasters, environmental disasters, ecological disasters and marine disasters.

1, geological disaster

Geological disasters refer to disasters caused by natural or man-made factors, which cause losses to human life and property, geological processes or geological phenomena that destroy the environment. The distribution and change law of geological disasters in time and space is not only restricted by the natural environment, but also related to human activities, and is often the result of the interaction between human beings and nature.

2. Meteorological disasters

Meteorological disaster refers to the direct or indirect damage caused by the atmosphere to human life and property, national economic construction and national defense construction. Natural disasters will cause losses of millions to tens of billions of yuan, and also cause countless casualties in disaster areas.

3. Environmental disaster

Environmental disasters refer to disasters caused by environmental deterioration caused by human activities. Mainly refers to the large-scale, cross-regional disasters caused by human over-exploitation of resources and waste discharge. Such as deforestation, unreasonable land use, over-exploitation of groundwater and environmental hazards caused by large-scale projects.

4. Ecological disaster

Ecological disaster refers to all kinds of unexpected adverse consequences caused by the change of ecosystem balance. It is similar to the meaning of ecological revenge, ecological disaster and natural revenge.

5. Marine disasters

Marine disasters refer to disasters that occur at sea or along the coast due to abnormal or drastic changes in the marine natural environment. Marine disasters mainly include disastrous waves, sea ice, red tides, tsunamis and storm surges.