The most severe places of natural disasters on Earth (Part 2)

The most common types of natural disasters that can kill people revolve around four elements: water, gas, earth and fire. Among the places where there are dangerous natural elements on Earth, which is the harshest place?

Natural disasters on land

If there is one thing linked together and lethal, it is a tectonic activity . Earth's crust is made up of movable substrates, and they move against each other, creating energy.

This energy is released, which creates geological waves, causing the Earth's surface to shake violently and is called an earthquake.

The most deadly earthquake in history happened in Shaanxi, China in 1556, killing more than 800,000.The underground earthquake also causes tsunamis, and becomes the most deadly natural disaster.

Earthquake in 1906 in San Francisco.(Photo: Glasshouse Images / Alamy).

The San Andreas fissure , where the Pacific and North American tectonic plates meet, runs through California and is one of the most famous fissures. Not surprisingly, it is the subject of a Hollywood blockbuster, because when this earthquake happens, the damage will be immense.

The richest areas in the world are also places that are vulnerable to earthquakes.The cities of Los Angeles and Tokyo are two such places, the architecture here is created to ensure that every building can withstand the earthquake.

Part of San Andreas fissure crack in California.(Photo: Nik Wheeler / Alamy).

But in other countries on the Pacific Ring of Fire - where 81% of the world's strongest earthquakes take place - not all cities are capable of doing so.

Disaster on fire

Another consequence of the tectonic plate is the volcano, where tectonic plates move away from each other, hot magma from the ground overflows to fill that gap.

Considered to be the most "fierce" place on Earth, the Danakil valley in Ethiopia - where the three geological plates meet and all three are far away from each other - makes the volcano here erupt into one of the strongest battles. in history.

Wild landscape in the Danakil region.(Photo: AGF Srl / Alamy).

The average annual temperature of this place is 34.4 degrees Celsius, making it one of the hottest places on Earth. With low rainfall, a dry landscape of torches of coal particles sprouting from volcanoes makes everyone think there will be no people living here. However, the Afar people call this place home.

In fact, people often live in dangerous, disturbing geographical locations. The most famous example is Pompeii, an ancient city in Italy buried by the lava river that spills from the volcano Vesuvius located right next to the city. Many modern cities today are also within the sphere of volcanic influence.

According to research published by a global volcanic information network in 2015, it shows that more than 200,000 people died directly by volcanoes over the past 400 years. Indonesia is the country most heavily affected by volcanoes.

Tambora volcano on Sumbawa island killed 70,000 people in 1815, after that, the whole Northern Hemisphere had no summer this year. The eruption was so big that its dust and smoke covered the sky of the entire northern hemisphere, causing serious climate change.

Most recently, the Merapi volcano erupted in 2010, killing 350 people by explosions and suffocating due to the haze. Fortunately, tens of thousands of people were saved by timely evacuation.

Merapi volcano in Indonesia erupted in 2010. (Photo: Reuters).

Volcanoes with hot lava flows are probably not a significant threat in the future. In 2003, throughout Europe, 70,000 people died from the heat wave, which caused the temperature to skyrocket rapidly. Today urban temperatures are growing, causing harm to many people with ever higher rates.

Current economic and environmental experts still choose urban development solutions that prioritize environmental protection, instead of hot development like the previous decades. Environment is the primary concern in urban development.