A disaster is an event in which there is significant damage to structures or loss of life. It is usually characterized by loss of control.It includes all natural disasters and most man-made disasters, especially accidents. It is usually, but not necessarily, to be co-typed with Death-causing event, Injury-causing event, Structure damaging event, and 'structure destroying event' .Intentional disasters such as arsons, improvised explosives, and killing sprees can be modeled with this type, but more 'political' attacks are to be modeled with Military Conflict. This distinction is often difficult, though to be assessed by the legitimacy of the attacking organization. [ - ]

A disaster is an event in which there is significant damage to structures or loss of life. It is... [ + ]