Disasters are usually associated with words like catastrophe, tragedy, and calamity. You can never be fully prepared for nature’s cruel habits of causing destruction and havoc whenever it strikes on such a large scale.
Somalian drought
This was one of the biggest disasters to strike the African country in recent times. Somalia has been documented extensively and despite huge humanitarian efforts, the nation was hit by a drought which resulted in more than 6 million people fighting for basic human needs. It was reported that nearly 3 million people were left hungry. Due to the drought, almost half the population of the country was in urgent need of help.
Mexico earthquake
Earlier this month Mexico witnessed its worst earthquake for more than a century when an 8.1 magnitude earthquake struck close to the state of Chiapas. Over 60 people lost their lives in the deadly disaster and buildings fell like a stack of dominoes. Several hospitals and official buildings were also damaged and rescue efforts are still going on to evacuate as many people as possible from the affected areas.
Hurricane Harvey
Louisiana once again witnessed nature’s fury when nearly 27 trillion gallons of rain came pelting down. Buildings were reduced to plans of wood as the floods killed more than 70 people and rendered millions homeless and without power. Louisiana had previously been battered by Hurricane Katrina which gone down as the most violent natural disaster in American history in 2005.
Rigopiano avalanche
A catastrophic avalanche hit a small tourist hotspot in Italy where 29 people were killed and it was the worst avalanche since the 1916 avalanche which struck Italy. The avalanche buried a holiday resort where all the deaths were reported.
South Asian floods
In terms of scale and the sheer number of deaths, nothing comes close to the South Asian floods. It started in July and the floods are spread across India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh and nearly 1200 people have been killed and millions of people have been displaced from their homes.
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