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What are the causes of natural disasters?


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Natural disaster:

  1. A natural disaster is a consequence of adverse effects that causes an imbalance in the environment leading to sudden undesirable changes.
  2. The after-effects of such conditions can be reduced by taking precautionary measures.

Causes of natural disasters:

  1. Different disasters occur due to various causes.
  2. Causes for such calamities can be contributed to deforestation, soil erosion, and pollution.
  3. The major causes of catastrophic disasters are natural phenomena occurring in the earth's crust as well as on the surface.

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