Steemit Engagement Challenge S5-W2: Natural Disaster In My Place

Natural disasters is happen almost every part of the world and causes damaged to people properties and loss of life, Natural disasters is a sudden and unexpected that is caused by nature, this have negative impact on people
who is affected by it, The natural disasters that is common in my place is flood, it is seasonal and it normally occurs during raining season. It's affect almost everyone and damaged cotton crop I'm a cultivator and every year almost half of my crop damaged with rain flood
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Areas they affect
It affects some areas that is in riverine, recently it affects Telangana state, Adilabad district, Where I'm living it's really bad

How do they cause ruin?

Flood ruins everything starting from the building and everything in it, it ruins properties, loses of life. It ruins shops and goods in it. A lot of building collapse due to the force of running water or due to the duration the building is in water. Ruin roads, electricity and many buildings leaving a lot of people homeless, it's also pollute environment.

How are the people affected?

The rate of people affected due to flood is alarming, so many of them are homeless No land to cultivate crops and as such food stuff are expensive in the market, poultry farms are ruined, it causes a lot of damages to people and this really affect their way of living make life so difficult for them to bear. It's so saddened.

The most probably cause of it

nature disaster or common but some are caused by man made mistakes example almost trees are smashed by men this effect loose the earth thickness because trees are protect land and its hold land by there roots
As of the flood I will say heavy rainfall at a particular time is the main cause of flood, but there are other things that contribute to it. Some of this which involves dirty and blocked gutters, building of houses in a wrong place most times in water pathway. Filling up water pathway to build houses, construction of roads without setting out gutters for water causes flood.

Was there a prior alert from the Government?

Most times there is some times no alert, it just come as a sudden because of some mistakes of the people living arround. At times the government contribute to this flood, failure to create an employment in the environment department so as to constantly keep the environment and gutters clean and free for water to pass by. Creating jobs for road construction engineers to build a durable drainage for water to avoid flood during raining season. At times when it happens the government have rescue team who come up to helps people living in the affected area.

What can you do in case of a situation like that?
I need to be alert, evacuate the environment immediately this happen, listen to government authorities and their direction on what to do. Also I should be willing to help people who are affected if I'm not living in the area, I should be willing to give them necessary things they need like food, clothing and shelter.

Conclusion
Getting prepared before natural disasters reach us is very essential, also we should always be alert observed our environment and listen to the government in case there is any alert of natural disasters . If we are asked to evacuate the environment we should do so.