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Are natural disasters natural?Online version

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by MAYRA ALEJANDRA COTA SUAREZ
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They are extreme , sudden caused by environmental that injure people and property . , windstorms , , and disease all strike anywhere on earth , often without . However , that do not cause destruction to man - made installations are not considered as disasters , which , incidentally , are not . Natural disaster is , then , the disaster that the forces of nature on the works of man .
Considering that nature has no will or conscience , it is fair to say that the real fault of the disaster is : the man who builds by the or on the side of the volcano , sometimes by simple and sometimes by poor planning urban of the . Perhaps natural disasters do not exist , but only caused by man over the works of man .
A great example of this is the article published by El pais newspaper April 09 , 2017 . It shows how Colombia is a country to disasters such as Mocoa due to to climate change . The tragedy of Mocoa is just the last warning of nature that reminds every day of the importance of against natural phenomena .
" This is not a game , Colombia is one of the ten countries most vulnerable to climate , we are going to have this type of extreme events very if urgent measures are not , " says Environment Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo , after reproach that " many municipalities in the country do not have updated disaster maps " .
A recent report from the National Planning Department reveals that 31% of the Colombian population is exposed to high and medium threats due to mass , associated with sudden increases . And that levels of are directly linked to factors such as in extreme poverty , housing deficit , low coverage of aqueduct and sewerage , among other aspects .
" Nature is not for our disasters , it is the other way around : we are using nature . And nature responds , " concludes Lozano .

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