Nocere – Earth Disasters

At least 122 people have perished in an earthquake that hit the country on the northeastern side of the city of Concepcion and on the southwestern side of Chili’s capital, Santiago. It hit at 0634 GMT.

The area has been declared a “state of catastrophe” by the president Michelle Backelet.

The quake set off many  tsumami  alerts in areas of the Pacific Ocean.

This quake is the highest magnitude to hit Chili in 50 years.

In Santago, at least 13 people died and many buildings fell down. A 2 level parking garage fell flat to the ground smashing many cars parked in it.

A fire started at a chemical plant on the outer parts of Santago causing many people to leave their homes.

In Maule, 34 people have perished. There are many deaths being reported in the areas of O’Higgins  in  Biobio, Araucania and also in Valparaiso.

The newly elected president of Chili, Sebastian Pinera, figures the total of people who have perished to be 122. The number could go up.

At this point, Parral seems to have been hit the hardest.They are the closest to the epicenter.

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More than 1,000 persons have been left homeless after landslides and a tsunami shocked the Solomon Islands. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake triggered the decimation, swabbing out 200 dwellings on the isolated isle of Rendova and departing almost a third of the island’s community without shelter. The quake initiated a 3m-high signal to strike the seaboard area, but no-one was injured.

Police Commissioner Peter Marshall said: “People are very perceptive, as a quake conjures up recollections and persons directly start going to higher ground.” Emergency nourishment, water and tarpaulins are being dispatched to the influenced areas. The Solomon Islands are on the ‘Ring of Fire’; an arc of volcanic zones extending round the Pacific Rim where about 90% of the world’s quakes happen.

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The 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck at 1748GMT on 29 September, creating a strong tsunami with wave as high as 4.5m has killed more than 100 people in several island in the South Pacific. Citizens of Samoa and American Samoa were evacuated to higher ground as whole village were demolished.

The prime minister of Samoa, Tuila’epe Sailele Malielegaoi was shocked with the disaster. The local hospitals were able to cope with the wounded and the authority was considering help offers from New Zealand and Australia.

The American Samoa spokesperson said the wave had struck too quickly before evacuation can be made. The tsunami was believed happened within 5 minutes after the quake. He also mentioned that the tsunami actually wiped out all the low-lying areas in the Samoan islands.

Officials at the Samoa Meteorology Division stated that the death was happening when the second wave after they went to collect the fish being washed up from the first wave. The number of casualties was expected to increase and things will be getting worst in the next 12 hours.

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According to a latest UN report the risk of disaster worldwide is growing. Population of the world was affected due to changes of global climate, degradation of environment and disorder of the urban development. The report discourage that many lives are now in risk because the proper judgment is seldom carried out especially in developing countries. UN states that money that spent on risk reduction is the best way to decrease the number of death and harms. Although there are some natural disaster that cannot prevent such as Asian Tsunami and earthquake in china but there are still ways to reduce our risk to it.

Researches need to carry out because they still lack of knowledge about climate change and global parameters. According to the report there are impressive differences between rich and poor countries in risk assessment n reduction. For example Japan and Philippines have the same exposure of tropical cyclones but for every one death in Japan, 17 people die in the Philippines. Conclusion UN states that spending money on risk assessment and reduction is the effective investment.

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Bangladesh receives a furious cyclone called Rashmi. According to the reports Cyclone Rashmi has affected the southern part of Bangladesh the most.
2 People are reported to be dead and a lot more injured and moved to medical attention. The situation in the country is getting worse by the minute due to the cyclone.
The ferocious cyclone is resulting in power cuts, property damage and more devastation in the country.
Cyclone Rashmi, which formed in the Bay of Bengal during the middle of last week, has driven strong winds and rain over the country since Friday. It moved northeast, making landfall near Patharghata, southwest Bangladesh, during the early hours of Monday
The cyclone seems to be weakening as the winds flow away from the center of the country towards the north. But there are still faint rains and strong wind blowing through the country.

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