The general framework of this guideline is based on the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) approach promoted by the United Nations through the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction – ISDR. One of the key premises in this approach is that disasters are not seen as events of nature by itself but the product of intricate relationships linking the natural and organizational structure of a society (UN-ISDR, 2005). Given the strength of the physical forces involved and the human socioeconomic interdependence on climate and the environment, it is unlikely that adverse impacts from climate events will ever be totally eliminated. Still, efforts to understand and dig in the root causes of disasters clearly indicate that there is considerable scope, both at a macro and household level, to handle the extent and nature of disaster occurrence