Disaster area

Hovercraft delivering aid to Meulaboh, on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami.

A disaster area is a region or a locale that has been heavily damaged by either natural, technological or social hazards. Disaster areas affect the population living in the community by dramatic increase in expense, loss of energy, food and services; and finally increase the risk of disease for citizens. An area that has been struck with a natural, technological or sociological hazard that opens the affected area for national or international aid.


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