Economic impact - The effect of an event on the wealth of an area or community , Environmental impact - The effect of an event on the landscape and ecology of the surrounding area, Extreme weather - When weather is significantly different from average or usual. Severe snow blizzard, heatwave , Global atmospheric circulation - Worldwide system of winds, which transport heat from tropical to polar latitudes , Immediate resoonse - The reaction of people as the disaster happens and in immediate aftermath., Long- term response - Later reactions that occur in the weeks, months and years after the event. , Management strategies - Techniques of controlling, responding to, or dealing with an event , Monitoring - Recording physical changes, such as tracking a tropical storm by satellite, to help forecast an event., Planning - Actions taken to enable communities to respond to, recover from natural disasters, through measures such as emergency evacuation plans, info management, communications and warning systems , Prediction - Attempts to forecast when and where a natural hazard will strike based on knowledge., Primary effects - The initial impact of a natural event on people and property, caused directly by it. , Protection - Actions taken before a hazard strikes to reduce its impact, such as educating people or improving building design., Secondary effects - The after-effects that occur as indirect impacts of a natural event, sometimes on a longer timescale., Social impact - The effect of an event on the lives of people or community., Tropical storm - An area of low pressure with winds moving in a spiral around the calm central ‘eye’. Winds are powerful and rainfall is heavy. ,

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