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NATURAL DISASTERS IN THE PAST 10 YEARS
It is getting worse every year:The number of natural disasters had risen highly in the past two decades. The Earth going wild required hundrets of thousands of lifes only in the past years. We could say it is "payback time" for our planet for killing it slowly with polution. -
SUMATRA'S TSUNAMI
Picture by ADAM STANHOPE The tsunami, that hit Sumatra coast in the Indian ocean a day after christmas. Almost 250.000 died beneath deadly waves, which were produced by an underwater earthquake with a power of 9.1 on the Richter's scale. The tsunami completely erased parts of Sumatra and left nothing behind. -
HURRICANE KATRINA
Attributed to NASA Goddard Photo and VideoPicture by McDonald, Dale M, In august 2005, hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico. Sixth strongest and fifth most destroyable hurricane killed 1800 people and completely erased New Orleans from the map. Material damage was estimated 81 billion dollars. Now, years after the hurricane, many people still live in trailers and not in their own homes. -
KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE
Picture by Travlr An earthquake located near the India-Pakistan border took 86.000 lifes.Humanitarian movements raced against time and triend to build shelter and give food to 500.000 people. The earthquake destroyed 600.000 homes and made 3 million people homeless. With help of others, years later life is running normal there. -
HAITI'S EARTHQUAKE
Picture by Todd Huffman Earthquake that hit Haiti's capital city Port au Prince, affected more than 3 million people. More than 250.000 homes were demolished as well as 30.000 other buildings. Haitians recieved help from all over the world. United States and European Union promised long-term help by reconstruction of the city.
