Natural Disasters

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Natural Disasters
By Dr Arvind Kumar
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center in its recent report has stated that in 2010, 42 million people worldwide were forced to flee their homes because of natural disasters. Being the worst year on record, 2010 saw problems worldwide, with 15 million forced to leave their homes in China and 11 million in Pakistan because of flooding. Disasters of 2011 are already piling up, with cyclones, earthquakes and floods on every continent. The number of people displaced in 2010 was more than double the 17 million displaced in 2009 by natural disasters such as the floods in China and Pakistan and earthquakes in Chile and Haiti. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, stated that issues of climate related to displacement is one of the most important challenges of our times. Sensible planning is needed before the next disaster.
In March 2011, 590,000 people had to leave their homes in Japan, after the Tohoku-Pacific earthquake and tsunami, with 210,000 evacuated because of radiation from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, according to the United Nations. The task of taking care of people was overwhelming in Japan. Despite some preparations, the scale of the crisis was larger than anyone imagined. However, that is the duty and obligation of governments and agencies — to prepare for the unimaginable. Causes of the worldwide disasters are varied and open to debate. Some document how global warming causes severe weather while others note how unpredictable certain disasters remain. The good will of working together is one of the best preparations for the future. No country can be expected to handle massive problems alone.

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