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Look for more news articles on some of the recent disasters that have occurred in the recent past. Prepare a short write up on their social and economic impact on the community.  

Answer:

Social and economic impact of a disaster will include the following—   (i) Bereavement, injury or direct threat to life, personal health, and safety of self and loved ones.   (ii) Family separation (the lack of information and knowledge about the safety, wellbeing and whereabouts of other family members causes continuing anxiety).   (iii) Witnessing the death, injury or suffering of others.   (iv)Extended isolation from information, failure of information communication channels and networks, failure of telephone networks and electricity and loss of informal communication networks through lack of social contact.   (v) Extensive threat to, or loss and damage of, home, property, capital assets, livestock, or businesses or sources of income. This also includes destruction, damage and/or failure of a range of physical and social infrastructure.   (vi) Loss of essential services including electricity and water that may result in loss of foodstuffs, inadequate heating and cooling, lack of access to money and purchasing ability.   (vii) Loss of pets/companion animals.   (viii) Evacuation or dislocation from home, school, family and support networks.                                                   (ix) Physical isolation and lack of transport due to road closures, bridge collapses and public transport closures.                  (x) Loss and disruption of usual routines and community activities.    Social problems induced by response and recovery support (for example, inequities of response, cultural inappropriateness, or the undermining of community structures or support mechanisms).     (xii) Continued economic hardship due to an inability to resume income-generating activities.                                   There are many more similar problems associated with disasters and their aftermath.