Natural disasters create huge losses

Natural disasters create huge losses of 2010 of years, the global economic losses caused by human nature and man-made factors are more than 222 billion U.S. dollars, is three times times the 2009 night 22 o'clock, Gansu Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Zhouqu County occurred in large debris flow, thousands of people suffering.　　This moment, the earthquake occurred in Qinghai Yushu only 115 days. According to the National Meteorological Department Statistics, 2010, China's extreme weather events occur frequently. Extreme weather events such as drought, low temperature, heavy rain and high temperature have been found in many parts of the country. Severe flood and drought disasters, landslides and other secondary geological hazards caused significant casualties.　　Drought occurred in 18 provinces nationwide, 26 provinces suffered from floods, crop losses were serious, landslides and debris flow and other geological disasters, resulting in the number of deaths and direct economic losses in the same period increased significantly.　　These fragments are hard to erase in the memory of the Chinese: at the beginning of the year, Xinjiang suffered 9 times of large-scale cold and snow weather process, the southwest five provinces were affected by autumn and winter in the spring, and in April, Qinghai Yushu 7.1-magnitude earthquake; in late June, 11 provinces in the south were flooded ... Disasters endanger the safety of life and property, and also cause huge economic losses. Less-developed areas and towns in the Midwest are more affected than in previous years.　　The infrastructure of railways, highways, communications, water supply and electricity supply in some of the affected areas has been damaged. Around the world, 2010 is also a year of disasters. Severe floods in Europe, droughts in North America and Australia, high levels of earthquakes, and many global subsidence ...　　World food production is expected to decline in 2010, which has had an impact on the international food market. 2010 years of natural disasters and man-made causes of global economic losses are more than 222 billion U.S. dollars, is three times times 2009.　　The United Nations White Paper on World disaster Prevention, first published in 2010, said the economic losses caused by natural disasters were 685 billion dollars in 90 and more than 6 times times that of 70. Climate warming is considered to be an important cause of frequent disasters. The European Union has warned that natural disasters, such as floods, are expected to become more severe due to global warming. At the same time, the El Niño phenomenon is increasing. The drought in Australia is considered a typical natural disaster at the time of the El Niño phenomenon. The Japan Meteorological Agency and the United States Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have also repeatedly announced the occurrence of the El Niño phenomenon in their country.