The threat can be defined as that latent danger, originated by a fact or event that has not yet happened. Threats can be caused by natural phenomena such as floods, or they can be caused by humans such as terrorist acts, fires, etc. The truth is that these events or actions can put people's lives at risk.
There are different kinds of threats, for example the so-called formal threats, which are not so serious since they originate from the daily occurrence, as is the case of a father who threatens his son with not letting him play with his video game if he does not get good grades.
However, there are others that can be much more dangerous, such as the threats of terrorist attacks, which are carried out by extremist groups that seek to create a state of fear or anxiety in the population, given the probability that this is fulfilled. threat.
There is also the case of conditional threats which originate when one person requests another to do something and if this does not comply there may be a consequence. For example, in kidnappings, the kidnapper may threaten to harm the detained person if his relatives do not comply with his monetary demands or the fact that the neighbor threatens to shoot him if he does not lower the volume of the music.
These threats have in common the fact that they are man-made. And according to citizen legislation, these actions are considered crimes; since for justice when someone anticipates the execution of an illicit act with the purpose of generating fear in another subject, affecting his state of psychological balance and forcing him to act in a certain way; you are engaging in criminal action.
On the other hand, there are threats that arise from natural phenomena, that is, by those elements of the environment that can be dangerous to man and that are produced by forces foreign to him, such is the case of atmospheric phenomena (hurricanes, fires, tropical storms, tornadoes, hail); hydrological (flood, drought, tsunamis); geological (earthquakes, volcanic activities).
