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In the past hundred years, there have heen frequent natural disasters, such as floods, droughts, mud-rock flows, seismic sea waves, earthquakes, windstorms and the stretching of new deserts. The disasters have killed millions upon millions of people, destroyed countless homes, and wiped out numerous pieces of fertile land.


Now more and more people become aware that those disasters have much to do with what we have done to the earth. We have cut down too many trees in the forests,we have badly polluted the environment, we have shocked our own home-planet time and again with tremendously powerful explosions of nuclear bombs. As a result, climates have become abnormal, rainwater rushes down hillsides angrily, and the underground energy goes up to revenge itself on us.


The earth is our only home-planet. It is urgent for us to stop damaging it, and to do our best to protect it and make it a lovely place suitable to live in, for we have nowhere to go and survive except where we are now.


Disaster management
Disaster management is a complex series of activities which include risk assessment, prevention measures, preparedness to cope with future disasters, emergency response to a disaster, recovery and rehabilitation.

An emphasis on good development and community preparedness can reduce the impact of disasters especially for the most vulnerable people living in hazard prone areas with few financial resources to help them recover, no savings and having lost their means of livelihood.

Emergency Response
Each disaster has unique circumstances and the response needs to be tailored to meet the specifics of the situation but the general areas requiring response include:

Search and rescue - finding those who may be trapped by building collapse
Assessment of needs - working out what is required, in what quantities, and for whom
Health - provision of medical care and preventing the spread of disease through immunisation, provision of safe water and