The most destroying natural disasters in the past 10 years

The number of natural disasters had risen highly in the past two decades. The Earth going wild required hundrets of thousands of lifes only in the past years. We could say it is "payback time" for our planet for killing it slowly with polution.

Numbers say, there were around 120 large natural disasters per year in the 80's. Now, 20 years later, this number is multiplied by 5. Weather conditions are being unpredictable and going into extremes. Scientists say, this is the consequence of global warming.

Another thing that has risen highly in the past years are the financial costs. International organizations such as the Red Cross say, the worlds economical yearly cost is around 65 billion US dollars (it used to be 4 billion 50 years ago).Because of our approach to enviroment, the number of natural disasters will keep rising.

12.jan.2010

Earthquake that hit Haiti's capital city Port au Prince, effected more than 3 million people. More than 250.000 homes were demolished as well as 30.000 other buildings. Haitians recieved help from all over the world. United States and European Union promised long-term help by reconstruction of the city.

26.dec.2004

A disaster which can compare itself with the Haiti earthquake is the tsunami, that hit Sumatra coast in the Indian ocean a day after christmas. Almost 250.000 died beneath deadly waves, which were produced by an underwater earthquake with a power of 9.1 on the Richter's scale. The tsunami completely erased parts of Sumatra and left nothing behind.

After 6 years, most of the infastructure has been repaired and normal life is starting again. With help of donations, more than 52.000 homes and 300 hospitals were built.

August 2005

In august 2005, hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico. Sixth strongest and fifth most destroyable hurricane killed 1800 people and completely erased New Orleans from the map. Material damage was estimated 81 billion dollars. Now, years after the hurricane, many people still live in trailers and not in their own homes.

8.October 2005

An earthquake located near the India-Pakistan border took 86.000 lifes.Humanitarian movements raced against time and triend to build shelter and give food to 500.000 people. The earthquake destroyed 600.000 homes and made 3 million people homeless. With help of others, years later life is running normal there.

12.May 2008

An earthquake with 7.9 Magnitude killed 69.000 people in Sichuan Province in China. The earthquake made damage estimated 85 billion dollars. Nearly 3 years after the catastrophy, people are still living in tents, with no money to build a new home. Many chinese companies donated money, but they still don't know where the money has gone.