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A volcanic eruption is a geological process and a classic example of a natural disaster, unlike the other options which are industrial or human-caused.

A. Due to its geological set up.

India, due to its, physio-graphic and climatic conditions is one of the most disaster prone areas of the world. It is vulnerable to windstorms from both the Arabian Seaand Bay of Bengal. There are active crustal movements in the Himalaya leading to earthquakes. About 58.7 % of the toatal land mass is prone to earthquake of moderate to very high intensity. Floods brought about by heavy rain and drought in arid and semi arid areas. About 12 % of the o f the total land mass is flood prone and 68 % of the arable land is vulnerable to drought. The Western region of the country is represented by the Thar Desert and the central India by the Deccan Plateau face recurring droughts due to acute shortage of rainfall. India has increasingly become vulnerable to Tsunamis since the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. India has a coastline running 7600 km long.

The World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction was held in Yokohama, Japan, in 1994. It resulted in the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a Safer World.

Floods, tsunamis, and limnic eruptions are related to water or water bodies, making them hydrological or hydro-meteorological disasters. A volcanic eruption is a geological disaster caused by tectonic or magmatic activity.

Geological disasters are caused by Earth processes, such as earthquakes, sinkholes, and avalanches. Floods are primarily hydrological or meteorological in nature.

Major World Conferences on Disaster Reduction, including the 1994 Yokohama conference and the 2005 Hyogo conference, were held in Japan.

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (SFDRR) was finally agreed on 18th March 2015 in Sendai, Japan. The Sendai Framework is sharpening focus on the vital role that ecosystems play in reducing disaster risk, particularly in shared river basins, wetlands and coastal areas.

Ecosystems such as forests can act as buffers against natural hazards, notably flooding. One of the most telling examples comes from the Caribbean, where Haiti’s forest cover is just 3.8 percent while its much greener island neighbor the Dominican Republic boasts 40.8 percent.

The 2016 Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in New Delhi resulted in both the Asian Regional Plan for Implementation of the Sendai Framework and the New Delhi Declaration.

In the event of a fire, it is standard safety protocol to alert others, attempt to extinguish small fires if safe, and cut off power to prevent electrical hazards.