8^th Oct Natural Disasters Awareness Day

 

Natural disasters are one of the major concerns of twenty first century. Most of the natural disasters are unpredictable and so inflict vast destruction. Drastic climate changes over the years are one of the biggest reason of disasters. Mismanagement adds to the destruction of disasters. According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the number of disasters in last five years has increased fivefold.

Global warming and pollution are contaminating natural world so, human beings are suffering from the consequences of their activities. Disasters like Floods, Forest fires, heat waves, tropical cyclones and droughts are observed more frequently than ever. According to researches forest fires are now causing an additional 7.4 million acres of trees loss per year than they did in 2001. In 2022 more than 2.3 billion people are facing drought conditions all across the world although drought only represents 15% of natural disaster.

Due to 1.5 degrees Celsius increase in global temperature this year population is vulnerable to 30% increase in annual flooding.  Drastic floods in Pakistan, Indonesia, Netherlands, Bangladesh, and Vietnam killed thousands of people and millions went homeless. So natural disasters are taking more lives all across the world than any other cause. All of the above events are warning us to get aware of the effects of climate change. 8^th October is being observed as a day for Natural disaster awareness.

We need to get aware of the nature of these disasters and make some arrangements to reduce their effects. If world leaders will not take these threats seriously then the results of natural disasters will unbearable and it will make our planet uninhabitable.