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natural disaster

major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth, which may cause loss of life or property
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natural disaster

Summary

natural disaster is a failure mode[1]. It draws 3,527 Wikipedia views per month (failure_mode category, ranking #2 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • natural disaster's instance of is recorded as failure mode[3].
  • natural disaster is a type of disaster[4].
  • natural disaster is a type of natural phenomenon[5].
  • natural disaster is a type of natural risk[6].
  • natural disaster is a type of risk source[7].
  • natural disaster is a type of environmental disturbance[8].
  • natural disaster's Commons category is recorded as Natural disasters[9].
  • natural disaster's has cause is recorded as global warming[10].
  • natural disaster's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Natural disasters[11].
  • natural disaster's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[12].
  • natural disaster's topic has template is recorded as Template:Natural disasters[13].
  • natural disaster's has effect is recorded as damage[14].
  • natural disaster's has effect is recorded as Q1735639[15].
  • natural disaster's manifestation of is recorded as natural risk[16].
  • natural disaster's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[17].
  • natural disaster's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus[18].
  • natural disaster's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].
  • natural disaster's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[20].
  • natural disaster's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as disaster preparedness[21].
  • natural disaster's relates to sustainable development goal, target or indicator is recorded as Target 11.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals[22].
  • natural disaster's relates to sustainable development goal, target or indicator is recorded as Target 1.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals[23].

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Definition and Type

natural disaster's instance of is recorded as failure mode[3]. Recorded subclass of include disaster[4], natural phenomenon[5], natural risk[6], risk source[7], and environmental disturbance[8].

Why It Matters

natural disaster draws 3,527 Wikipedia views per month (failure_mode category, ranking #2 of 17).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Cities: Skylines – Natural Disasters Daniele de Rigo Shijak Zilda Arns

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . globalgoals.org. Retrieved . globalgoals.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . sdgs.un.org. sdgs.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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