Flooding is the most common Natural Disaster. New statistics show that developing countries of Asia are particularly vulnerable to flooding. In the last thirty years, the seven most destructive floods have occurred in Asia. The main reason these floods in Asia are so destructive are because lately people have been moving from rural areas to big cities located on the coast or by rivers which are prone to flooding. It's extremely difficult to prevent floods because they happen because of many different causes. Using these reports the World Bank will decide how much to support the developmental programs designed to prevent, predict, and clean up after these floods. I think that the most important issue should be to stop the migration of people to these danger areas and try to relocate people to low danger areas.
I had no idea that flooding was the most common natural disaster and it is scary to even begin to imagine it happening here in Canada. I agree that it is a very important issue and that we should help the people in Asia who are living in dangerous areas and could be killed by flooding.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with Brenna, I think that the main focus should be to relocate people who live in vulnerable places. Floods can't be stopped, so it just makes sense to change the things that can be stopped: which is people moving to the cities. Along with Bryanne, I also had no idea that flooding was the most common natural disaster. This article is very enlightening!
ReplyDeleteWhen I read this article, I was shocked that flooding is the most common natural disaster. Building cities along the coast is a risk on it's own, but when you add the fact that all these people are now moving there you can't look away. You don't know when a flood is going to happen, so when it does it can be hard to move all these people to safe zones. I agree that we need to stop the growing population in these areas that are prone to flooding. It's not easy to stop a flood from happening, but it is a lot easier to stop these people moving to these cities.
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