Essay On Haiti Earthquake

Many people are affected by natural disasters every day. Some are worse than others, but no matter the severity, there is usually a loss, and a cry for help. The first one I want to talk about is the earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010. By January 24th, at least 52 aftershocks (a smaller earthquake following the main shock of a large earthquake), measuring 4.5 or greater had been recorded. An estimate of three million people were affected by the earthquake. Death toll estimates ranged from 100,000 to 160,000. 316 total had been affected overall. Estimated 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had fell down or had been severely damaged. Many people were willing to help Haiti, with sending medical teams and supplies and money. But all of the communication systems and all of the transport facilities were destroyed by the earthquake. No help could come. Port-au-Prince’s morgues were over crowded
The worst natural disaster in history, the central china floods occurred, from July to August in 1931, when the Yangtze River overflowed and caused a series of floods. As a result of the massive flooding, an estimated 3.7 million people died from drowning, disease and starvation. Over one-fourth of China’s population were affected by the floods. Wives and daughters were sold by desperate people, and in some cases that were reported, there was cases of infanticide ( the intentional killing of infant girls) and also cannibalism. The high water was reached on the 19th of August. The water level was over 53 ft. 200,000 people had drowned in their sleep. Since there wasn’t any money to spare because of the war, they were only able to put up small dams to keep the water at bay on the Yangtze River. When the civil war was over, the Chinese communist party started the Gorges Dam Flood Control project. Which did not successfully take off until the 1980’s and went full operation in 2012. Becoming the world’s largest power