AUTHOR QUERIES AQ1 Author Varsha Pandey please confirm if your affiliation is correct. In the contributors list we find three affiliations. AQ2 Author George please confirm if your affiliation is correct. In the contributors list we find three affiliations. AQ3 From figure captions: Add EMDAT 2017 to the reference list. AQ4 As this is a mono color book, please rephrase the text which has representation of color. AQ5 Regarding your documentation, please make the following adjustments. These sources are cited in your text but not in your reference list. Please add source entries or delete them from the text. Alonso-Canas & Chuvieco 2014 Chuvieco and Congalton 2015 Giglio, 2003 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 2005 These sources are listed in your reference list but don’t appear in the text. Please add them or delete from the reference list. Alonso-Canas & Chuvieco, 2015 Beaudoin et al. 2014 AQ6 In the sentence below, is UNESCO a source? If so, add the year and add it to the reference list. If not, please clarify why it is cited. The past decadal statistics show the devastating effects on coastal human and forest communities, with millions of lives lost (UNESCO). AQ7 There seem to be words missing in this sentence. Please clarify. The sudden release of intense electric energy and corresponding rapid heating in the vicinity during lightning generated shock wave (decade rapidly in acoustic wave as thunder) and electromagnetic radiation (in a range of extreme low to X-ray frequency). AQ8 Please add publication details for these entries in the reference list: Bent, R., & Horner, F. (1969). Measurement of terrestrial radio noise. Simonovic, S. P., & Eng, P. (2002). Role of remote sensing in disaster management. Wilhite, D. A. (2000). Drought as a natural hazard: concepts and definitions. 0004333713.INDD 1 4/16/2019 1:02:16 PM UNCORRECTED PROOFS