25. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires "disaster" means the actual or imminent occurrence of a natural or man-made event, which endangers or threatens to endanger the safety or health of any person or group of persons in Sri Lanka, or which destroys or damages or threatens to destroy or damage any property, and includes-
| (e) an industrial hazard; |
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| (f) a tsunami (seismic wave); |
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| (n) civil or internal strife ; |
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| (p) radiological emergency; |
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| (q) oil spills including inland and marine oil spills; |
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| (s) urban and forest fire; |
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| (u) tornados, lightening strikes and severe thunder storms; |
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"disaster counter-measures" means measures that are necessary or desirable to avert, minimize or counter the effect of an impending disaster or consequent to a disaster, to mitigate the effect of such disaster on members of the public or any property belonging to an individual or the State, and includes the conduct of, or participation in, training for such purposes ; "public corporation" means any corporation, board or other body which was or is established by or under any written law with funds or capital wholly or partly provided by the Government from the Consolidated Fund by way of grant, loan or otherwise; and "resources" includes manpower or animals, vehicles, boats, plant, apparatus, implements, earth moving equipment or other equipment of any kind, finance, storage facilities, movable and immovable property considered essential for the life of the community. |
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