What is a Natural Hazard?

Question

what does a natural hazard mean, what are the causes and effects etc...

Answer 1

something that is not caused by man.

a very simple natural hazard would be something like a falling or fallen tree on a transportation route. Or an avalanche, mudslide, rockslide.

Other hazards could include things like earthquakes, storms, wind, ......

you have asked a very broad question that could be answered in a myriad of ways.

Answer 2

heres a list of them, the causes and effects differ for each one:

1 Geological hazards

1.1 Avalanche

1.2 Earthquake

1.3 Lahar

1.4 Landslides and Mudflows

1.5 Sinkholes

1.6 Volcanic eruption

2 Hydrological hazards

2.1 Flood

2.2 Limnic eruption

2.3 Maelstrom

2.4 Seiche

2.5 Tsunami

3 Climatic and Atmospheric hazards

3.1 Blizzard

3.2 Drought

3.3 Hailstorm

3.4 Heat wave

3.5 Cyclonic storms

3.6 Ice age

3.7 Ice storm

3.8 Tornado

Answer 3

A natural hazard is a physical phenomenon that threatens human societies. Natural hazards are characterized by the frequency with which they occur and their intensity; they are random and often unpredictable.