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    Natural disasters are not a new phenomenon, however, as of the last few centuries, human development has driven the amount of and severity of natural disasters up. As a result, there is an increasing amount of people forced to leave their homes to immigrate to other regions of the world to seek asylum. The international community refers to this phenomenon as internal displacement; when natural disasters are the driving force behind the displacement, it’s specifically referred to as environmental

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    Natural disasters can hit at anytime, wiping out cities and even states, wreaking havoc and taking lives. Thankfully, the American Government watches out for its citizens and tries their best to support victims of these events. Not only does the government provide public services such as natural disaster relief, but it also provides national security and helps the country to keep economic stability, all so that they can maintain social order. This is the purpose of the government. These jobs of the

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    How Natural Disaster Are Destructive Natural disasters negatively affect life, property, and livelihood. Disasters can cause damage to homes, hospitals, and other buildings. They can also cause injury, disease, and even death. Many people try to prepare for these disasters; however, you are never really prepared. Wikipedia defines the term natural disaster quite nicely; a natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from a natural process of the Earth. In the central part of the United States

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    Among many natural disasters in this world, there are three natural things that are responsible for natural disasters. These three are earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanos. We humans call them Natural “Disasters” because they could destroy all of us or all our homes and important things we need to survive. Without humans, they would only be called natural events because they would not have anything to destroy. Starting with the earthquakes, they have the potential to cause harm and injury, cost loved

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    the residents. To prepare for any natural disaster coming to your area one must use ambidextrous or versatile plans to evacuate. Not immediately coming to rescue a person trapped under a building after an earthquake will only augment their chances of death. The survivors of any natural disaster will be bereft of their livelihood and basic necessities. The police may deploy squadrons of policemen to help aid recovery and protection efforts after a natural disaster. If you talk to anyone who has

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    with this statement is the argument of scale and how this could be used to justify why a natural disaster could exist. A devastating natural event could provide worldwide disruption and no-one could do anything to mitigate against it. This is what could be used to describe a natural disaster. Nothing human increases the impact in such a way that could without human interference it would be just another natural event. An example of this is the Yellowstone volcano. With predictions of the eruption being

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    and References Language INTRODUCTION The natural disasters such as landslide, earthquake, volcano eruption, wildfire, tsunami are disasters that happens in earth’s system which is hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere and biosphere (Van Wesper, C.J., 2000). As Malaysia lies outside the Pacific Ring of Fire it is excluded from volcano eruption and earthquakes. The most dominant disaster in Malaysia is the landslide occurs during rainy seasons. This disaster can disrupt the stable ecological system

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    Natural disasters mark a history where they happen, many are the cities and towns that have been affected by one of these feared phenomena; a hurricane, a tornado or an earthquake destroy everything in its step, often razing with material things and unfortunately sometimes destroying the lives of millions of people. Haiti is an island located in the Caribbean Sea, which has a very active seismic activity becoming a country with significant earthquakes in the past, which was strongly marked by an

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    Natural Disasters Most people fear natural disasters because the damage that comes after them is always unknown. Natural disasters have gradually increased because of global warming, the increase in earth’s temperature has increased hurricanes and wildfires. Not only are they more frequent, but costs of repair have skyrocketed due to damage caused in the environment and the societies. Natural disasters don’t only affect the location of the disaster, it also has an impact on social-economy and the

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    history there have been many manmade and natural disasters that have created issues for people all over the world. Disasters such as school shootings, hurricanes, earthquakes, and occurrences of pollution have been the cause of many problems, and these problems often have major effects on people and society. Disasters can cause people to lose many things including their lives, and they can have devastating effects on everything and everyone involved. Anytime a disaster occurs people often look to the government

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