Hazard Event

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An event or condition that may disrupt the delivery of public services or affect the well-being of a population. Covers natural hazards (floods, droughts, earthquakes), health emergencies, conflict, and economic shocks. Aligned with the Sendai Framework's broad definition of hazard, and mappable to OASIS CAP v1.2 for alert interoperability.

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Supertypes

Event

Properties

Property Type Definition
Identifiers from Event concept:Identifier
Identifiers carried by this entity, such as national ID numbers, program IDs, or identifiers asserted by an identity document.
Hazard type string (hazard-type) The category of hazard or disruptive event.
Severity string (event-severity) The observed or expected severity of the event's impact.
Certainty string (event-certainty) The confidence that the event has occurred or will occur.
Description string A free-text summary describing the event, situation, or record.
Start date date The date on which this became effective.
End date date The date on which this ceased to be effective.
Affected locations concept:Location The geographic or administrative areas affected by this event.
Affected programs concept:sp/Program Programs whose operations or beneficiaries are affected by this event.
Data sources string
The administrative, survey, or collected data sources that feed into the assessment calculation.

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