6Dec19 morning Q34
0. Which among the following natural hazards has relatively slow onset?
- Option : B
- Explanation : Aslow-onset disaster is defined as one that does not emerge from a single, distinct event but one that emerges gradually over time, often based on a confluence of different events. Drought, insect infestations, and disease epidemic are some examples of slow onset. Droughts are relatively slow disasters. Climate change, environmental degradation and desertification are very slow onset events, but can and should be considered as disasters in terms of the damage and disruption to lives that they mayor indeed already do create.
