What are the World's Deadliest Natural Disasters?
Ten natural disasters in the 20th century refer to ten natural disasters that occurred during the 100 years from 1900 to 1999 and caused huge losses to human beings.
Ten Natural Disasters of the 20th Century
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- Ten Natural Disasters of the 20th Century
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- Ten natural disasters in the 20th century refer to ten natural disasters that occurred during the 100 years from 1900 to 1999 and caused huge losses to human beings.
- Introduction
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- In December 1952, London's traffic was almost paralyzed. On the fourth day of smog, a double-decker bus could only drive slowly through the city with the help of fog lights.
- On October 21, 1971, a super-constellation transporter loaded with frozen beef "Super Constellation" flew over a probe ship working at sea. Seeing the crew
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- It is said that there is such an interesting story circulating in Chile: God created the world. When he finished the world, there was only one last piece of valuable mud left in his hands, and he couldn't bear it.
- A magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred in Tangshan at 3: 42: 53.8 seconds on July 28, 1976. The earthquake occurred in Yuehe Township, Kaiping District, Tangshan, which is 39.6 degrees north latitude and 118.2 degrees east longitude. The epicenter
- Tangshan earthquake
- " Xinhua News Agency, Dalian, November 22nd. In the Tangshan earthquake that occurred on July 28, 1976, more than 242,000 people were killed and more than 164,000 were seriously injured. These two figures are the cumulative number of deaths and injuries in the earthquake in Tangshan, Tianjin, and Beijing. This was announced at the inaugural meeting of the Chinese Earthquake Society held here from November 17th to 22nd.
- The damage caused by the large earthquake: more than 242,000 people died and more than 164,000 people were seriously injured; more than 7,200 families died, tens of thousands of families disintegrated, and 4,204 people became orphans; 97% of ground buildings and 55% of production equipment were destroyed; transportation , Water supply, power supply and communication were all interrupted; within 23 seconds, direct economic losses amounted to RMB 3 billion; an industrial city with a population of one million was razed to the ground.
- The magnitude of the Tangshan earthquake was 7.8 and the epicenter intensity was 11 degrees. The quake occurred in a densely populated industrial area at 3.42: 56 (Beijing time), just as people fell asleep. The earthquake department failed to issue a forecast in advance. For these reasons, the damage it caused was very serious. "
- The Tangshan earthquake was one of the ten natural disasters of the 20th century. At 18:45 on the same day, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck another merchant forest in Shexian County, more than 40 km from Tangshan. The epicenter intensity was . The earthquake occurred in an industrial city, with a dense population and severe losses. Neighbouring Tianjin was also damaged by . The sensing range spread to 14 provinces, cities, and districts, including Chongqing, with a damage radius of about 250 kilometers. The study of the source physics shows that the source tremor process of this earthquake is more complicated.
- Strong earthquakes disrupted traffic, paralyzed communications, stopped water and power in cities, and repaired communications, water, power, and traffic.
- There was a loud noise from the collapse of a house in Tianjin, and the Australian Prime Minister visiting the city was awakened; Beijing was shaking, the Monument to the People s Heroes was shaking, and the thick beams and pillars on the Tiananmen tower made a crackling quack.
- In the land of China, Harbin to the north, Qingjiang to the south, Wuzhong to the west, Bohai Bay islands and the northeast border line in the east, people in this vast area are feeling an extraordinary shock. Powerful earthquake waves travel throughout the earth at a speed and in ways that people cannot feel.
- After the Tangshan earthquake, Chairman Mao, the CPC Central Committee, and the State Council sent a message of condolences to the disaster area on the same day. They also sent Prime Minister Hua Guofeng as the head, Chen Yonggui, Wu Lanfu, Guo Yufeng, Fan Ziyu, Zhang Caiqian, Huang Yukun, Zhang Zongxun, Yang The central sympathy group with Jun Sheng, Xie Jingyi, Xie Xuegong, Xu Cheng, Liu Zihou, and Ma Hui as deputy heads went deep into the disaster area for sympathy.
- The Tangshan earthquake occurred in Beijing, Tianjin and Tang areas with concentrated cities and developed industries. The magnitude of the earthquake was severe and the disaster was severe. The Party Central Committee and the State Council decided to implement national disaster relief. Headquarters at all levels were set up, with the PLA as the main body of counterpart support, and organized self-help and mutual rescue activities. More than 100,000 PLA officers and soldiers rushed to the disaster area for rescue; 50,000 medical personnel and cadres and people across the country gathered urgently to rescue the wounded and transport the relief supplies; critically injured persons were transferred from special planes and trains to 11 provinces and cities for treatment.
- Strong earthquakes interrupted traffic, paralyzed communications, stopped water and power in cities, and repaired lifeline projects such as communications, water supply, power supply, and traffic restoration. One of the most urgent tasks in Tangshan disaster relief. Based on this, the central government quickly arranged the task of supporting each professional system. Post and telecommunications, railway, transportation, electric power, municipal construction and other departments acted immediately to ensure the smooth progress of the restoration and reconstruction of the above-mentioned system engineering. The quake was midsummer, the weather was hot, rainy, and the epidemic was severe. Tangshan's epidemic prevention measures adopted comprehensive measures such as surprise treatment, control of the source of epidemic disease, improvement of the environment, elimination of bacterial infection, vaccination, and greatly improved personnel resistance. The military-civilian combination, the combination of specialized groups, and the combination of local and foreign methods eliminated the epidemic before it happened, thus creating a human-free miracle after the disaster.
- Tangshan today
- After the earthquake, the country's total investment for the restoration and construction of Tangshan was 4.357 billion yuan. After 7 years of construction, Tangshan has built a new type of city with clear functional zones, relatively reasonable layout, relatively complete municipal construction, good seismic performance, convenient production, and a beautiful environment. The buildings after the earthquake all reached octave fortification, " Tangshan is the safest city in the world".
- In 2008, Tangshan's gross national product reached 360 billion yuan, GDP per capita was 40,000 yuan, and total fiscal revenue was 42 billion yuan, ranking first in Hebei Province. The per capita disposable income of urban residents and the per capita net income of farmers reached 16,500 yuan and 7,000 yuan, respectively.