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Lindsay , 2003 , p . 299 )
The damage resultant depends mostly on the capacity of the population
and the amount of warning , preparation and training that the people had
before the hazard . These are points , which convert a ``natural hazard ,
to a ``natural disaster . A hazard can occur without having any impact
on a population or a region if it is deserted or uninhabited .
``Consequently , an extreme natural event acquires the connotation of
disaster only when man and /or his activities and...
