In contemporary societies the media is oriented to cover disaster considering the intersection between three dimensions of risk: hazard, exposure and vulnerability. In the past, the prevailing theory was the naturalization of disasters that considered disasters as extreme events generated by the nature, where human action did not influence disaster occurrences and consequences. In view of the predominant theory of the nature of disasters, the objective of this work is to analyze the approach of journalism on disasters in the early 20th century. This research explores a catalogue of hydro-geomorphological events selected from the Disaster database for the period 1865-1909, which were reported by the Portuguese newspaper Diário de Notícias (DN). News analysis was guided by the News Protocol. The news set highlighted the naturalization of disasters, the focus on post-disaster consequences and local correspondents as the main source reporting disaster occurrences in the territory.

在当代社会中，考虑到风险的三个维度之间的交叉点（危害，暴露和脆弱性），媒体被定位为涵盖灾害。过去，盛行的理论是灾难的归化，将灾难视为自然界产生的极端事件，人类的行为不会影响灾难的发生和后果。鉴于灾难本质的主要理论，这项工作的目的是分析20世纪初期新闻业关于灾难的方法。这项研究探索了从1865年至1909年期间的灾害数据库中选择的水文-地貌事件目录，该目录由葡萄牙《新闻日报》（DN）报道。新闻分析以新闻协议为指导。新闻集强调了灾难的自然归宿，