https://www.preventionweb.net/risk
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Disaster risk is expressed as the likelihood of loss of life, injury or destruction and damage from a disaster in a given period of time.
Disaster risk is widely recognized as the consequence of the interaction between a hazard and the characteristics that make people and places vulnerable and exposed.