All terms in Disaster

Label Id Description
extraterrestrial disaster extraterrestrial_disaster [A hazard caused by asteroids, meteoroids, and comets as they pass near-earth, enter the Earth’s atmosphere, and/or strike the Earth, and by changes in interplanetary conditions that effect the Earth’s magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere.]
natural disaster natural_disaster [Disasters linked to natural hazards including widespread fires, floods, storms, earthquakes and drought.These events may result in significant damage and loss of lives.]
local conflict local_conflict [Violence or the risk of violence centered at the subnational level.]
Conflict 15863006 [Conflict may be defined as an incompatibility between aims or desires held by at least two parties within a social system. A party may be a person, a family, or a whole community; or it may be a class of ideas, an organization, an ethnic group, or a religion.]
forced displacement forced_displacement [Forced displacement occurs when individuals and communities have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of events or situations such as armed conflict, generalized violence, human rights abuses, natural or man-made disasters, and/or development projects]
Social Impact NCIT_C173620
heat wave heat_wave [A period of marked unusual hot weather (maximum, minimum and daily average temperature) over a region persisting at least three consecutive days during the warm period of the year based on local (station-based) climatological conditions, with thermal conditions recorded above given thresholds.]
meteorological disaster meteorological_disaster [A hazard caused by short-lived, micro- to mesoscale extreme weather and atmospheric conditions that last from minutes to days.]
wildfire ENVO_01000787
climatological disaster climatological_disaster [A hazard caused by long-lived, meso- to macro-scale atmospheric processes ranging from intra-seasonal to multi-decadal climate variability.]
oil spill ENVO_00002061
chemical incident chemical_incident [Uncontrolled release of a toxic substance, potentially resulting in harm to public health and the environment]
Disasters OMIT_0005453 [Calamities producing great damage, loss of life, and distress. They include results of natural phenomena and man-made phenomena. Normal conditions of existence are disrupted and the level of impact exceeds the capacity of the hazard-affected community.]
water pollution ENVO_02500039
environmental pollution ENVO_02500036
disease DOID_4
biological disaster biological_disaster [A hazard caused by the exposure to living organisms and/or the toxic substances or vector-borne diseases that they may carry.]
societal collapse societal_collapse [The fall of a complex human society characterized by the loss of cultural identity and of socioeconomic complexity, the downfall of government, and the rise of violence.]
parasitic infectious disease DOID_1398
epidemic APOLLO_SV_00000298