"Enviromental Problem"

A major environmental problem that has taken the lives of many people is the flood that occurs across the world. According to S.M Enzler floods have different possible causes such as heavy rainfall, hurricanes and cyclones. Many countries have taken precautions before flooding events to prevent more from happening in the future.

Flooding over the years has taken lots of people’s lives and has changed others lives in many ways. In November of 2006 a flood hit a place called Somalia, which killed 52 people and 50,000 went missing. In the same month heavy rain caused Afghanistan to flood. The death toll reached 80, and took more than two days to reach some of the most flooded villages.

The summer of 1998, China was flooded which took the lives of more than 3000 people, and left 14 million people homeless. In 1993 the Great Flood hit the American Midwest, the death toll was 28, ten thousand homes were destroyed, and 15 thousand acres of farmland was destroyed as well. Flooding go back even to 1927,and maybe even further. In 1927 the United States experienced the Great Mississippi flood because of heavy rainfall. This flood affected 7 different states, which killed 246 people and left 700,000 missing.

As you can see these floods is a major problem that changes people’s lives in many ways. Floods are something that we as humans can't prevent but I feel there should be some type of building that should be built that is protected from water coming in and flooding. I feel these should be built in all areas of the world so when the flood comes everyone will be safe.