02/08/2022
International Natural disasters
According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reductions, there has been a rise in climate-related disasters during the past 20 years.
*some examples which might help you*
[ ]Melting of Himalayas Glacier in India on 7 Feb 2021 because of climate change.
[ ]Deadly Flash flood similar to Argentina, happened in the capital of Mauritius on 30th March 2013, causing 11 deaths.
[ ]Intense flash flood hit Western Australia on 2nd March 2021, transforming streets into rivers.
[ ]Severe thunderstorms brought dangerous flash flood in Western Kentucky on 28th Feb 2021.
[ ]Wildfire in Arizona on sunday 27 feb 2021, covered around 461 acres of land.
[ ]Bushfire in Australia on 15 Jan 2021 affecting wildlife animals such as koala, kangaroo, wallaby, marsupials, and so on.
[ ]Volcanic eruption on 2nd March 2021 in Indonesia, Mount Sinabung.
[ ]Antartica, containing 90% of the world's ice is degrading gradually, according to livescience.com
[ ]According to The Guardian, Greenland' ice is melting faster than in the past, and could trigger to rise sea level by 10 cm
[ ]According to The Guardian, The Earth has lost 28 trillion tonnes of ice in less than 30 years.
[ ]According to Geological Surveys, there are 965 earthquakes recorded in the year 2020.
[ ]In Oct 2020, Turkey shook by earthquake causing more than 100 deaths, followed by another eatchquake causing more than 40 death on 26 Jan 2021.
[ ]Typhoon Killed 42 People in Philippines in Nov 2020.
[ ]Located in the Ring of Fire, the Philippines routinely faces natural disasters from earthquakes to volcano eruptions, as such vocano eruption killed 39 inhabitants recently in Jan 2021.
[ ]Flash Floods in Indonesia, Jakarta Killed 66 People according to Time Magazine.
[ ]Hurricane Laura Killed 77 people in 3 countries, notably, U.S., Dominican Republic and Haiti in August 2020.
[ ]On May 2020, India and Bangladesh were hit by cyclone Amphan, killing more than 85 people, according to the Washington Post.
[ ]Flash floods in northern Afghanistan killed more than 150 people on August 2020, according to The Associated Press. Already burdened by the COVID-19 pandemic and recent Taliban attacks, the region then faced hundreds of injured individuals and far-reaching damages.
[ ]Hurricane Eta Killed At Least 150 People in Central America in November 2020.
[ ]Australian Bushfires in March 2020 Killed at more than 400 people and burned more than 1.3 million acres of land, according to BBC World News.
[ ]Landslides and mudslides in Malaysia in November 2020, due to continuous rainfall in the region.
[ ]On March 2019, Cyclone Idai has triggered a "massive disaster" in southern Africa, namely, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, killing more than 1000 people.
[ ]The Deadliest Natural Disasters in U.S. History: The Great Galveston Storm of 1900.
[ ]Locusts infestation, a pest outbreak of locusts, in East Africa and South Asia threatening crops and livelihoods, in 2019 and 2020.
[ ]During Easter Sunday and Monday April 12–13, 2020, a large and destructive tornado outbreak occurred across the Southern and Eastern United States.
[ ]Antartica's snow is turning green, according to Nature Communications.
[ ]Devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan in 2011.
[ ]seawater is raising salt levels in coastal woodlands along the entire Atlantic coastal plain, from Maine to Florida, discovered in April 2021.
[ ]Earthquake in Indonesia in April 2021 causing 8 deaths.
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