A Disaster is an event of great harm, damage, or death, or serious difficulty that is an occurrence disrupting the normal conditions of existence and causing a level of suffering which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to live using its own resources. (Refer to the Human Made Disaster; Natural Disaster)
Reference Definition by Ifrc.org: A Disaster is a sudden, calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material, and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope using its own resources. Though often caused by nature, disasters can have human origins.
Related Definitions in the Project: The HSE Management
