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Essay / Tsunamis - 665
Although each classification of natural disaster is capable of creating catastrophic destruction, I believe that the destruction resulting from the accumulation of tsunami-causing factors has a potential destructive force far greater than other singular forces of nature on theirs; Additionally, due to densely populated urbanized regions located in high-risk areas, the potential impact of tsunamis on humans is high compared to other phenomena that can occur with little impact on human society. Therefore, a natural event that may be of a similar magnitude can occur without impact on our society and will in turn be considered only a geological event, whereas a tsunami, based on probability, will almost always turn into a a natural disaster as the approaching wave inevitably will. All over the world, major cities are located along ocean coasts, such as London, New York, Vancouver, Tokyo, Shanghai and Mumbai, to name a few. With 44% of the world's population living in coastal regions according to the UN Atlas. Unlike other geographic events that can be just as destructive, the risk of a tsunami affecting highly urbanized areas across the world presents the possibility that a tsunami could result in catastrophic loss of life. Given that a tsunami has profound potential to have adverse effects on human populations, I consider a tsunami to be the most dangerous form of natural disaster. Although not all coastal regions are subject to the same severity or probability of tsunamis due to the different sets of geological conditions across the world, but threats still exist. The most destructive tsunamis are formed by earthquakes occurring along a subjugated fault line which results in... middle of paper ...... that were so deep if the tsunami struck in a less populated or developing region; However, the destructive force of the tsunami was exponentially increased by the long-term devastation resulting from the collapse of the region's advanced technologies, particularly the Fukushima nuclear reactor. Just like Japan, developed regions such as Vancouver, Seattle, and San Francisco could also suffer from a devastating tsunami, and just like Japan, technologies created to improve our lives could be the greatest cause of destruction in the long term. Unlike other disasters, the risk of tsunamis in populated areas and the combined destructive force of the initial earthquake coupled with the unprecedented force of an even more destructive tidal wave, in conjunction with the impact imminent on and with our civilization, can lead to unprecedented natural disasters..