Natural disasters in northwestern China, AD 1270–1949

Major Natural Disasters in China, 1985–2014: Occurrence and Damages

This study aimed to describe the characteristics of natural disasters and associated losses from 1985 to 2014. The Mann-Kendall method was used to detect any long-term trends and abrupt changes. Hotspot analysis was conducted to detect the spatial clusters of disasters. We found an increasing trend in the occurrence of integrated natural disasters (tau = 0.594, p < 0.001), particularly for floo...

Natural Disasters

Epidemics after Natural Disasters

The relationship between natural disasters and communicable diseases is frequently misconstrued. The risk for outbreaks is often presumed to be very high in the chaos that follows natural disasters, a fear likely derived from a perceived association between dead bodies and epidemics. However, the risk factors for outbreaks after disasters are associated primarily with population displacement. T...

poverty and natural disasters

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Cancer care during natural disasters.

W hen natural disasters occur, everyone is focused on survival. But for cancer patients, this challenge is all the more arduous — because hospitals and other health care infrastructures may be destroyed, wiping out their medical records, and both physicians and patients may be forced to flee. “Cancer patients are especially susceptible to the disruptions that natural disasters can cause,” said ...