Disaster 2015-2016

The word disaster is derived from Middle French word désastre and that from Old Italian disastro, which consists of two words from ancient Greek word dus- "bad" and aster- “star”. The root of the word disaster ("bad star" in Greek) comes from an astrological sense of a calamity blamed on the position of planets. when the planet is at wrong position in terms of astrology that could lead to a disaster.

Earthquake is considered as one of the fatalities and frequent natural disaster.An earthquake is a sudden violent shaking of the ground, typically causing great destruction, as a result of volcanic action or movements deep within the earth’s crust.An individuals, community, stake holders involved in the response to a major disaster needs to stand together to learn from their mistakes and successes so that they might be better prepared for the next emergency.

The year 2015, The Ebola crisis in West Africa, the Gorkha Nepal earthquake, the conflict in Syria, floods in Germany, hurricane sandy in the United States, drought affects in Ethiopia, Typhoon komen inundate Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, and the heat wave in India are very different in crises though shared most common feature i.e. loss of lives, destruction of homes, deterioration of property and heritage.2015, the fault zone of the Eurasian plate along with the Indian plate (Nepal), October 25 Hindu kush earthquake (Afganistan), has been into the fire with the number of casualties.Mostly the south Asian region along with the 8.3Mw chile earthquake was the most dreadful disaster in the world.

Early in 2016, Philippines, Indonesia, Japan most of the East Asian countries were suffered from the earthquake as well as Equador was hit by 7.8 magnitude earthquake.The difference between South Asian region and East Asian region is that southern region would not be affected by the tsunamis with the earthquake induced. Kumamoto is the recent earthquake with a moment magnitude 7.3, after 1989 6.3Mw in this area.

I remember the kind response and support of Japanese people during the last year in Nepal earthquake. Friends never get detached when one needs the other deed for well-being without the presence of third Eye. A million prayers for Japan at this difficult time.