Two weeks ago, a giant wave hit a coastal town in Korea and left 7 dead, 14 injured.
Last week, Myanmar was hit by a cyclone, claiming more than 22,000 lives and affecting up to 2.5 million people, according to the UN. That these people are some of the most impoverished in the world and that the military government refuses foreign aid make the situation all the more desperate.
And then, just a few days ago, an 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook China, the tremors reaching as far as Thailand and Vietnam. The death toll is now at 15,000, and still increasing as more dead are found. In Mianyang, the city worst hit, about 19,000 people are believed to have been buried under debris.
Thousands, dead. And as I write this, another storm appears to be headed to Myanmar. All these natural disasters, happening within just a span of two weeks make me scared. What in the world is happening???
译文:
亚洲的自然灾害
两周前，
巨浪袭击了韩国的一个沿海城镇，造成7人死亡，14人受伤。
上周，缅甸为飓风所袭。据联合国的报道，这场
灾害夺走了22,000条生命，而
受灾群众达250万人。那些受灾群众是世界上最为贫穷的人口之一，而该国军事政府的拒绝外国援助则使当地情况更为严峻。
然后，近几天前，一场7.8级的地震震动了中国，震感波及到了远处的泰国和越南。
至今为止死亡人数已达15,000人，而当更多的遇难者尸体被找到，该数字仍将上升。在绵阳这个受灾最惨重的城市，人们认为大约有19,000至今仍埋在废墟底下。
成千上万的人已经死去。正当我写这篇文章时，
另一强风暴即将登陆缅甸。所有的这些自然灾害都在仅仅两周内发生，这使我惊恐万分。世界正在遭遇着什么？？？