Effects Of Natural Disasters In Bangladesh

Natural disasters are the catastrophes cause by “Mother Nature”, which is often difficult to forecast or manage (Morrison, et al 2014). Examples of

Natural disasters occur due to several factors involving climate conditions, global warming, and seasonal effects. Primarily unique, natural disasters will never be prevented. Storm surges such as hurricanes will always remain. The only way to alter natural disasters are through human resources. Uniquely, hurricanes can be predicted days in advance, therefore unlike other disasters, community members often can plan before the hurricane makes landfall. Hurricane affects can be widespread and include multiple disaster possibilities. Tidal waves, flooding, storm surges, high winds, and debris are all parts of this type of disaster

Natural disaster occurs across the world and create damage across our nation. They have affected us mentally and physically. Natural disaster are event or accident created by the environment resulting in a lot of damage sometimes. Destroying Our house, lives and communities. Natural disaster can range from a flood to a hurricane or cyclone. Over the past twenty years there has been thousand even millions of damage created by disaster across the U.S. There are many ways a natural disaster occur. We focused on three main topics of Natural disaster which are the types of natural disaster, how they affect us and how we they have affected the US.

A natural disaster is a critical phenomenon of a natural process from the earth such as an earthquake, flood, drought or typhoon which impacts significantly on human life and human social activities (March, 2002; Hutton, 2008). These natural disasters suddenly disturb a population everyday life placing them into a helpless state of emergency and suffering. The greater magnitude of the disaster is, the bigger it exerts pressure on the local resources and infrastructure to a breaking point where provision such as medical and nursing care, transportation of food and protection against harsh weather condition is shortage. Also by overwhelming the local resources, the normal smooth running of the community becomes a catastrophic stage (Dilley, et al., 2005; WHO, 2018).

This is not something you hear on the news or read in the newspapers. In fact, I was surprised at this, because it never really crossed my mind. Even though we see big, natural disasters such as the recent earthquake in Nepal, or the massive flood in Chennai, India: see more here: https://www.worldvision.org/disaster-response-news-stories/worst-natural-disasters-2015

Disasters, whether natural or manmade, can happen anytime and anywhere, without warning. An earthquake, hurricane, tornado, fire, or hazardous material spill or even an act of terrorism can happen

Basically, natural disasters affect our daily lives in several ways. They effectively stop the economy of the area. For examples, natural disasters destroy tangible assets such as buildings and equipment

     A natural hazard is when extreme events which cause great loss of life and or property and create severe disruption to human lives, such as a hurricane. Editor Philip Whitefield brings up an important point in ‘ Our Mysterious Planet’ when he comments;

Throughout history there have been various definitions present on what a disaster is and the effects that it contains in relation to the environment and residents within the area. Society often has specific dominant worldviews in regards to disasters, which can pertain to or focus around disasters being seen as a “hazard”, “unlucky”, or an “unavoidable “ event (Scandlyn et al, 2009). Generally, many individuals tend to reflect on definitions in relation to conventional theories because the media often prioritizes disasters as being catastrophic or an end of the world phenomenon. What these individuals fail to understand is the importance of recognizing that we cannot only view disasters in this way, however we must also understand how

destructive can these disasters be? How do they affect our towns, cities, communities? How do

Disaster from natural, conflict or technological sources threaten people’s lives and health; limit and increase uncertainty of people’s livelihoods and other socio-economic activities. Hazards, as well, severely undermine economic access and competitiveness and compromise governance system in any urban setting. The world's big cities are rapidly becoming more exposed and more vulnerable to natural and man-induced hazards and disasters. Hazards and disaster destroy both natural and built environment, contributes to increase in the number of displaced persons; erodes development gains and limit structural stability of the urban centres.

According to World Bank country profile, in 2016, the total population of Bangladesh was 162.95 million and grows at a rate of 1.1%. The population density of the country is now 1168.8 people per square km. Due to the population growth its infrastructure use is rising and the non-agricultural use of natural resources is increasing. Bangladesh loses 1% of arable land every year. According to a report published by Human Development Research Centre in December 2014, average amount of agricultural land lost/transformed or transferred for non-agricultural purposes per surveyed household increased from 10.0 decimal in 2003 to 10.4 decimal in 2013; and average amount of water body lost/transformed or transferred for non-agricultural purposes per surveyed household increased from 0.3 decimal in 2003 to 0.5 decimal in 2013. Despite the use of modern technology,

Natural disasters may be defined as natural catastrophes which cause great damage by disrupting the functioning of a society thus rendering the country incapable of coping through using its own resources as there is a need for outsider assistance in order to effectively preserve lives and the environment. Conversely, Natural hazards are natural phenomena that are potential threats to people within a society, structures or economic assets and may cause disaster. Natural disasters are inevitable and ubiquitous worldwide. Within the Caribbean, they are chiefly present in the forms of hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, droughts, and volcanoes. The great damages caused by natural disasters may be divided into three categories: social, economic

Bangladesh stands among the frontline countries confronted by the impacts of climate change. For several decades we have been experiencing the gradual increase, frequency and erratic pattern of floods, river erosion, cyclones, earthquake murmurs, tidal bores, encroachment of salinity in the low lying coastal

Natural disasters are a devastating, but undeniably inevitable part of life and society. Because of this fact, many of us tend to believe that they happen as an act of nature, purely out of the human control. We need to start realizing that this is far from the truth and it this attitude that is stopping us from learning from our mistakes. The contemporary world inaccurately labels various disasters as ‘natural’ when in fact, when looked at more closely; there is an enormous correlation between ‘nature’ and ‘society’. There are many flaws in the human preparation for natural disasters that have equated in death and injury where it could have been minimized. Although the occurrence of a disaster can happen at any time, it is vital that we