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Two or more disasters that occur in succession, and whose direct impacts overlap spatially before recovery from a previous event is completed.
Two or more disasters that occur in succession, and whose direct impacts overlap spatially before recovery from a previous event is completed.


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de Ruiter, M.C., Couasnon, A., van den Homberg, M.J., Daniell, J.E., Gill, J.C., & Ward, P.J. (2020). Why we can no longer ignore consecutive disasters. Earth's future, 8(3), e2019EF001425
de Ruiter, M.C., Couasnon, A., van den Homberg, M.J., Daniell, J.E., Gill, J.C., & Ward, P.J. (2020). Why we can no longer ignore consecutive disasters. Earth's future, 8(3), e2019EF001425


'''See also''': [https://www.undrr.org/terminology/disaster <span style="color: fuchsia">Disaster</span>]
'''See also''': [[Disaster|<span style="color: fuchsia">Disaster</span>]]


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Definition

Two or more disasters that occur in succession, and whose direct impacts overlap spatially before recovery from a previous event is completed.

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de Ruiter, M.C., Couasnon, A., van den Homberg, M.J., Daniell, J.E., Gill, J.C., & Ward, P.J. (2020). Why we can no longer ignore consecutive disasters. Earth's future, 8(3), e2019EF001425

See also: Disaster

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