[00:08.00]How to Reduce Damage Caused by Natural Disasters?
[00:12.91]Human beings are often faced with
[00:16.51]natural disasters such as earthquakes,
[00:19.87]floods, hurricanes,
[00:22.11]and tsunamis which cause serious losses.
[00:25.40]It's important for us to work out
[00:28.09]effective measures to reduce damage and casualty.
[00:32.26]What can we do concretely?
[00:35.19]First, prevention is vital.
[00:38.17]Protecting the environment is a top priority
[00:42.44]to prevent natural disasters
[00:44.08]while reducing carbon emissions is a good measure
[00:48.30]to prevent global warming.
[00:49.62]Second, be well-prepared.
[00:52.67]Improvement in early warning systems,
[00:55.90]such as technique of earthquake prediction,
[00:58.77]is very important for people to survive in disasters.
[01:02.50]Third, the government should perfect
[01:06.17]the coping mechanism in disaster management.
[01:09.22]Stronger coordination is needed
[01:13.18]among all governmental departments
[01:15.07]and nongovernmental organizations
[01:17.73]so that we can better deal
[01:19.66]with all kinds of natural disasters.
[01:22.27]To sum up,
[01:23.66]besides thinking of relief after a disaster,
[01:27.64]making full prevention,
[01:29.76]preparation and planning ahead of time
[01:32.64]are very essential to reduce damage and casualty.
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