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Question
Classify the above components of disaster management into pre-disaster and post-disaster.
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Solution
| Pre-disaster | Post-disaster | |
| i | Preparedness | Evacuation, search, and rescue. |
| ii | Monitoring, Early warning, and mitigation | Providing relief in terms of medical help, basic needs such as food, clothes, and shelter. |
| Reconstruction and rehabilitation. |
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