Disasters are Global in Reach

Disasters are Global in Reach

 I believe that disasters are now global in reach due to the massive effect that is felt not only in the affected country but in other countries as well. According to Jones, “Katrina was America’s first catastrophic natural disaster since the advent of television…” (178). This led to destabilization of the American economy, thus affecting some of the countries which were dependent on US international public relations and donations, which were affected by this occurrence. Over the years, the interdependence between countries has greatly increased in terms of economic and other foreign relations. Currently, when a country has been affected by a disaster, the severity of the problem is more likely to affect other countries as much. Trade between countries is among the important activities that can be deterred, as it involves the selling of goods, some of which are only found in specific countries such as petroleum products, making disasters a more global problem.

With the increased global warming, there has been an adverse change in climatic conditions such as extreme weather conditions such as rains which cause floods and hence disasters. This puts every country at a risk of facing disasters, especially those near large water bodies like seas may face floods due to increased water level and hurricanes. Almost each and every country plays a role in causing global warming, and hence the effects are already being felt worldwide. Disasters are now not only local problems with most countries having felt the side effects. Cases of floods have been rampant, and hurricanes have been rampant hence a global problem. To curb down the problem, it causes countries to come together and decide on stopping activities that lead to these disasters and reduce them. By doing this, countries will experience a reduction in disasters..

Works Cited

Jones, Lucy. The Big Ones. Icon Books, 2018, p. 178.