A Severe Earthquake

• This picture depicts a scene in the streets, where there is a great collapse of infrastructures in the area.
  
• This was most probably caused by a serious earthquake that took place. I can see that the people in the picture are moving away from the area as they all had their luggage with them and are moving as a group.
  
• I can also see that the natural disaster has caused the lousy weather to happen in the area as the people moving are wearing their raincoats on. I can also tell that the natural disaster that happened in that area is quite serious as there are many buildings in the area completely destroyed and also some other buildings that are damaged, also the people are forced to leave the area.
• Those people in the picture might be living in the area. They were lucky enough to survive the earthquake, however, they are no longer able to keep on living in the area as either their houses were damaged or staying there would be too dangerous. Their might be a possibility that an other earthquake might occur in the same area, therefore leaving is the best choice for them.
• I can also see that there is a drastic difference in the magnitude of damage between the two buildings in the picture. This is most probably due to the strength of the infrastructure which caused the difference in the severity of the damage between the buildings. That might also be the reason why some of the people living the area were saved from the earthquake.
• I think that earthquake that caused the damages are affecting the people in that area greatly, in a negative way. When the earthquake occurs they have to move to temporary shelter home, the poor sanitation there might lead to more deaths because of illnesses.
  
• I feel that although there is no way to prevent a natural disaster from happening but people can do some precautionary efforts to minimize the damage caused or the number of deaths. therefore the people that are living in the natural disaster area or not should not complain about practicing precautionary acts. Only this way, more lives could be saved and damages done could be reduced.

Done by Yong Soon Lai (42)