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How to deal with natural disaster like amphan speech 2 minutes

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Cyclone Amphan, the most powerful storm in the Bay of Bengal in over a decade, ripped through eastern India and Bangladesh on May 20, killing at least 86 people in West Bengal, destroying thousands of homes and uprooting innumerable trees. Authorities are still struggling to mount relief operations amid a lockdown to contain the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic.

The cyclone, equivalent to a category-3 hurricane, tore through thickly populated areas of southern Bengal, making landfall on the coast at sustained wind speeds of 170 kilometres per hour (kmph), with gusts of up to 190 kmph and stormwater surges of up to 16 feet. The plight of millions who have lost their homes has been made worse in a situation when the coronavirus epidemic is raging across the region.

COVID-19 has multiplied the vulnerability of people who are at risk of displacement by storms, floods and other climate disasters. “The government infrastructure has been inadequate to provide shelter to all the people evacuated as the cyclone hit,” said Harjeet Singh, Global Lead for Climate Change at ActionAid International. “Now, to maintain social distancing to avoid the spread of coronavirus, there is a risk that cyclone shelters will be too small and will lack proper sanitation services, especially for women.”

Cyclone Amphan is considered to be the biggest storm to hit Kolkata in living memory. Photo from Mariners’ Base Camp.

Cyclone Amphan is considered to be the biggest storm to hit Kolkata in living memory. Photo from Mariners’ Base Camp.

The double whammy of COVID-19 pandemic and disasters like Cyclone Amphan requires revised standard operating procedures during the evacuation, according to Sanjay Vashisht, Director of Climate Action Network in South Asia (CANSA). “Our disaster mitigation infrastructure falls short in ensuring social distancing, Vashisht said. “More evacuation centres need to be constructed to be able to accommodate less people to ensure distancing, and more medical facilities and quarantine centres are required,” he said.

“With the current COVID-19 pandemic measures requiring social distancing, it will be extremely difficult for people in cyclone shelters,” said climate scientist Saleemul Huq of the Dhaka-based International Centre for Climate Change and Development. “This was indeed unforeseen but represents a double emergency.”

Answer 2

Petra Nemkova has said very wisely, "We can not stop natural disasters, but we can tie ourselves with knowledge: if many people are prepared for the disaster then many people will not have to go to their hands." Those who do not prepare themselves for their uncertainties. Many people lose their lives on some large scale natural disasters and atstrographs. This massive loss of property and human life can be prevented if appropriate preventive measures are taken. Usually only after the deadly attack of human tragedy becomes aware and active!

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Disasters like floods, storms, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and tornadoes can be dealt with and if proper warnings and safety measures are already cured, they can handle it in a fairly secure way. It has been observed that when these calamities surprised the victims, then these disasters have wreaked havoc. Wherever there was warnings and preparations, there was less destruction and loss.

With all the technical advances, it is now possible to predict natural disasters already. Meteorological satellites are revolving around the Earth, early warning systems established at major locations are already doing wonders to keep millions of people safe.



The need of the hour is the government and along with the prediction mechanism, people should work more actively to prepare for natural disasters. It is not a basic structure and it means that we have a deficit; We do not have the right attitude for the disasters. That's why we should keep our attitude right.


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