Businesses were flooded along the Texas coast and lost all of their vital technology such as computers, telephones, and other office equipment. This caused a huge burden on many businesses and some businesses were totally destroyed, which left many workers unemployed. Many homes were flooded from the storm surge that got as high as twenty feet. In one city alone, 3,382 out of 3,400 homes were totally destroyed due to flooding. This causes thousands of people to become homeless and displaced.
Anyone that the plague came upon, caused reddening stains on the face and the body would appear, which caused the individual to be thrown in a secluded quarantine factory. This disease appeared in over less than an hour. During this time no one could find the cure for this impeccable disease. As time goes on mass destruction is steady rising in the city. When President Toro heard of this distraught news he was horrified of the mass destruction that was going on.
As a result of an earthquake in Haiti (2010) up to 230,000 people were killed. The city of Port-Au-Prince lies close to the fault line where the epicentre of the earthquake was located, which meant that the city bore the brunt of the destructive force. A large proportion of the population live in poverty in slum areas, where buildings are built close together and in some cases on top of each other, resulting in a high population density. When the earthquake struck many buildings collapsed, killing people as rubble collapsed on top of them. However, the L’Aquila earthquake in Italy resulted in a mere 300 deaths.
The Korean War had shattering consequences for the people of North and South Korea. To the USA and other countries, the Korean War was a ‘limited war’ whereas to the Koreans, it was a total war. Around 10% of the whole population of Korea were reported dead, injured or missing. An estimated 60,000 homes were destroyed and 8700 plants knocked out. The Republic of Korea Army lost 415,000 to death and 429,000 were badly wounded.
About 42 percent of the amount of Agent Orange that we used was devoted to crop destruction; the products of hours of hard work were demolished within seconds. Agent Orange caused many people to starve to death. It has been reported, by the New York Times, that the herbicide destroyed 75 percent of the rice crops. Because people’s homes and crops were being destroyed, they were left homeless and hungry on the
The casualties are what make this hurricane the 3rd most deadly hurricane in history. By the end of this hurricane approximately 8,000 out of 36,000 people died from the destruction it left. To put these numbers into perspective that’s around 1 out every 5 people dead. To imagine the pain of the survivors think of 5 people you care about and imagine if one at random where to die due to such a tragedy. As if the hurricane hasn’t taken enough already there was several million dollars worth of property damage, that comes out of everyone’s pocket to rebuild.
Earthquake in Haiti January 12, 2010, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 hit Haiti. Earthquake caused a lot of damage in Port-Au-prince, Leogane, Jacmel, and many of the surrounding communities. The earthquake left many Haitians homeless and with ruined crops. After 15 days the earthquake hit, the government estimated that their was 230,000 deaths, and about one million displaced people within the area of port-au-prince. 598,000 people migrated from the affected areas to other locations in Haiti.
Over 1,800 people died and more than $81 billion dollars in damage was done to the cities. Life in New Orleans would never be the same after that day. The people of the United States just watched as Mother Nature destroyed years of hard work and labor in a matter of minutes and days. “The storm surge breached the city's levees at multiple points, leaving 80 percent of the city submerged, tens of thousands of victims clinging to rooftops, and hundreds of thousands scattered to shelters around the country”(Ted Jackson). “The American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, Common Ground Collective, Emergency Communities and many other charitable organizations provided housing, food, and water to victims of the storm.
Haiti was absolutely destroyed. They had no shelter, food, or water and without any medical staff because most of the hospitals were destroyed too. The people in Haiti were struggling and families were being destroyed. They were desperately in need of resources. Our government and the people felt bad for Haiti so we started a lot of charities and organizations just to help them out.
The Health Impacts of Earthquake on Yushu County Yushu County in Qinghai Province was hit by 7.1-earthquake on 14 April 2010.1 The epicentre was located 30km west of the capital town of Yushu County, where 90% of the houses were destroyed.2 The earthquake left 2046 people dead, 12135 injured, and 175 missing.3 Approximately 100 000 people have been evacuated to overcrowded camps, where high risks of communicable diseases such as measles, acute respiratory illnesses, and tuberculosis were developed.4 These people were also threatened with hypothermia and high altitude diseases, resulting from extreme climate and high altitude.5 Thousands of injuries were severed and infected due to destruction of medical facilities and roads, which hindered the arrival of emergency medical staffs and supplies.6 Higher risks to vaccine preventable diseases arose, resulting from cold storage facilities damages.7 Water borne diseases such as diarrhoea escalated from water and sewer system damages.8 The Chinese government raised level 1 health response and urged all efforts in initial response.9 By 15 April, the Ministry of Health deployed 2402 health staff and rescue teams, and sent 6 tons of medical supplies and 235 ambulances.10 Field hospitals were established in neighbouring provinces.11 United Nations worked with the local and national government to provide massive health and nutrition supplies, to provide essential health services to remote areas, and to support vaccination campaigns covering Hepatitis A, tetanus, and MMR, though organizations like WHO and UNICEF.12 Local NGOs formed small coalitions to collectively raise donations for medications.13 Although appropriate measures were done in sending the emergency staff and medical supplies, the government and the above organizations lacked in effective management of the homeless