21st century major natural or man made disasters

In the past two years, major natural disasters have occurred around the world, mainly floods and **. In 2002, disasters around the world caused a total of $40 billion in losses and killed 10,000 people. More than 17 million people in more than 80 countries were affected by the floods, covering an area of more than 8 million square kilometres.

In 2002, Europe was hit by two floods, causing $3.2 billion in damage. The damage caused by the tornado that hit the United States amounted to $1.5 billion. Hurricane Lily swept across the Caribbean Sea and the United States, causing losses of $100 million.

At the same time, water scarcity is severe in southern and central Africa, with 37 percent of the United States suffering from severe drought. In India and Niger, floods and droughts have occurred at the same time, and the extreme heat in India has killed more than 1,000 people. The worst disaster was in northern Afghanistan in March, when 2,000 people died.

In 2003, more than 50,000 people were killed by natural disasters such as floods, floods, and snowstorms. Among them, the Richter scale** incident in Jiashi-Bachu, Xinjiang, China, in February, caused 268 deaths and major property damage; A strong Richter scale in northern Algeria in May killed nearly 2,300 people and injured more than 10,000; At least 30,000 people were killed and more than 50,000 injured in the Richter scale** in Iran's Kerman province in December.

In 2008, China's snow disaster and Wenchuan Da** were both.

In 2001, the Richter scale** occurred in Gujarat, India; SARS in 2003;

In 2004, the Indonesian tsunami hit the United States in 2005. In the same year, a Richter scale occurred in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

The 2007-2009 world financial crisis.

2008 Wenchuan University**.

In 2009, influenza A H1N1 became prevalent in the world.

2010 Haiti Great**;

SARS in 2003; Iraq War.

The 2004 tsunami in Indonesia.

Swine flu 2005.

The 2007-2009 world financial crisis.

2008 heavy snowstorm Wenchuan **.

In 2009, influenza A H1N1 became prevalent in the world.

2010 Haiti Great**; Icelandic volcanoes erupt and volcanic ash sweeps over Europe; Qinghai Yushu**; Gansu Zhouqu mudslide.

In 2001, the Indian state of Gujarat experienced a Richter scale** in the same year, and the 2007-2009 world financial crisis.

2008 Wenchuan University**.

In 2009, influenza A H1N1 became prevalent in the world.

2010 Haiti Great**; SARS in 2003; , Hurricane Katrina hit the United States. Richter scale** occurred in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

1.Hurricane Katrina hit the coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi in the United States.

Type of disaster: Hurricane.

On 23 August 2005, the United States Hurricane Center monitored the formation of a low tropical pressure No. 12 over the seas southeast of the Bahamas. On the morning of August 24, this pressure was strengthened into a tropical storm, which was named "Katrina", and as the cyclone continued to strengthen, on August 25, Katrina evolved into a hurricane, becoming the fourth hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. At 6:30 p.m. that night, Katrina made landfall in Haranda Beach, Florida, and swept across its southern region, after which it entered the Gulf of Mexico, where it quickly intensified into a Category 5 hurricane and rushed toward the United States at 257 kilometers per hour.

2.South Asia University**.

Location: South Asia.

Disaster Type: **.

Magnitude: Magnitude.

Since the end of 2004, the Indian Ocean has been hit by a magnitude 9**, **experts**, the geological activity of South Asian strata has become more active due to the influence of strong earthquakes, and large-scale ** will occur in South Asia in the short term. Sure enough, at 8:50:36 on October 8, 2005, there was a large-scale ** in the Kashmir region controlled by Pakistan, with an epicenter depth of 10 kilometers.

3.Iowa floods.

Disaster Type: Flood disaster.

Location: Mississippi Coast, USA.

Since June 2008, the United States has been raining for six consecutive weeks, and the water level of the Mississippi River has begun to rise sharply. Rising floodwaters overflowed homes, farms and roads along the way. After learning of the flood situation, a hospital in Iowa evacuated 176 patients to other regional hospitals from the night of the 12th to the morning of the 13th.

On the 13th, the water level of the Cedar River, a tributary of the Mississippi River, peaked in the evening, about a meter, the highest in 157 years, making it the hardest flooded place in Iowa. Floodwaters overflowed the levees and poured into the city of Cedar Rapids, flooding at least 438 homes. In addition, more than 3,000 households left their homes to seek refuge on higher ground.

Factories and cars are submerged in a sea of water.

On March 11, Japan **9.

When the tsunami hit Indonesia in 2004, when I was in the fifth grade of elementary school, I first came across the name natural disaster. Impressed!

The tsunami, the beach will be all over, and the epidemic is still very serious after the disaster.

**It's been a hot word in recent years, first Wenchuan, then Chile, and the Fukushima nuclear power plant leak at the beginning of the year is also because**.

If you pay more attention to tornadoes, you will hear about them.

Haiti's capital is classified**.

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the global ecological environment has been deteriorating, and various natural disasters have occurred continuously. In the face of the painful lesson, human beings have begun to reflect on what they have done in the past and realize that man and nature should coexist and co-prosper and develop in harmony. As a result, a scientific ecological value of co-evolution between man and nature has emerged and has been recognized by more and more people.

1.911 Incident.

2.War in Afghanistan.

3.Walking pneumonia.

4.Iraq War.

5.Highly pathogenic avian influenza.

6.Snow disaster in southern China.

7.Wenchuan, China**.

8.The global economic crisis triggered by the Wall Street financial turmoil.

c. This question examines natural disasters. The trend of natural disasters in the second half of the 20th century is that the frequency of natural disasters and the economic losses caused by natural disasters are increasing. Developed countries have a high level of economic development, and the economic losses caused by natural disasters are often large; The greater the economic loss caused by a natural disaster, the greater the number of deaths.

So choose option C for this question.