Natural disasters, like drought,flood,typhoons, and earthquakes, are becoming more frequent nowadays. All have bad effects on humans’ life, making us suffer from terrible injuries and serious damage. The Tangshan earthquake in 1976 shocked the world then — about 90 percent of the homes in the city were destroyed, and electricity was hard to get because power was cut off. A large city lay inruins. Millions of people were affected and had to face death. It seemed asif the world were coming to an end. Thankfully, 150,000 soldiers were sent to start rescue work. They dug out those who were trapped,buried the dead and built shelters for those who survived the disaster. The tireless effortspaid off. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.
In this fight, humans showed great courage and wisdom. And what we learned from the disaster is to keep firstaidkitonhand in case of emergency. When a disaster strikes a place, it’s usually difficult to deliver food and supplies within a short time, but as long as we stay calm, positive and united, no disaster will defeat us.