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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>The reason behind the sourcing of this data was brought within by lack of spatial location of Disaster Incidents projects to address disaster occurrences in the province. What you should know about this data is that it includes amongst others the following variables:</SPAN></P><UL><LI><P><SPAN>Affected: People requiring immediate assistance during a period of emergency, i.e. requiring basic survival needs such as food, water, shelter, sanitation, and immediate medical assistance.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Injured: People suffering from physical injuries, trauma or an illness requiring immediate medical assistance as a direct result of a disaster.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Homeless: Number of people whose house is destroyed or heavily damaged and therefore need shelter after an event.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Flood: A general term for the overflow of water from a stream channel onto normally dry land in the floodplain, higher-than-normal levels along the coast and in lakes or reservoirs (coastal flooding) as well as ponding of water at or near the point where the rain fell (flash floods).</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Mud/ Landslide: Any kind of moderate to rapid soil movement incl. lahar, mudslide, debris flow. A mud/ landslide is the movement of soil or rock controlled by gravity and the speed of the movement usually ranges between slow and rapid, but not very slow. It can be superficial or deep, but the materials must make up a mass that is a portion of the slope or the slope itself. The movement must be downward and outward with a free form.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Extreme weather: Storm.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Veld fire: Any uncontrolled and non-prescribed combustion or burning of plants in a natural setting such as a forest, grassland, brush land or tundra, which consumes the natural fuels and spreads based on environmental conditions (e.g., wind, topography). Veld fire can be triggered by lightning or human actions.</SPAN></P></LI></UL></DIV></DIV> |