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Writer's pictureKasundi Heshara Weerasinghe

Why we have to consider about the natural disasters?

A natural disaster is a kind of negative impact of following an actual occurrence of natural hazard in the event that harms a community. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or damage depends on the affected population. In the modern times, the divide between natural, man made and disasters is quite difficulit than past.


It may be loss of livelihoods and servicers, social and economic imbalance or environmental damage. Various phenomina like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, cyclones etc.. Moreover, the rapid growth of the worlds population with the tropical climate and unstable landforms, deforestation, non-prepared constructions make the disaster prone areas more vulnerable.

Else, on the environment during emergencies such as natural disasters and conflicts waste may be produced. Environmental pollution also occured during these disasters. For example, forest fires which affected 47,000 hectares of forests in Chile.


Awareness, education , preparendness, prediction, can reduce the disruptive impacts miligation measures such as adoption of zoning, land use practices, and building codes are needed to reduce the actual damage from hazards. Also we have not to distroy our mother nature, we have to make a eco friendly environment to the world.







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