Throughout human history, storms have been unleashed from the center of the earth and have claimed the lives of millions and even billions of people. people, and caused enormous damage to everything around us. Between 2000 and 2012, natural disasters caused $1.7 trillion in damage and affected 2.9 billion people. (www.DoSomething.org) Can we minimize the damage caused by natural disasters? The answer is always yes, you can always try to stop things like this, it just matters how much people will devote to protecting their own lives and the lives of others. People always want to have peace of mind knowing that nothing will happen to them, but things happen, these storms get stronger and stronger and start destroying things and killing people. Can we minimize the damage caused by natural disasters? This can be minimized, but it's a difficult thing to do. One article talked about how natural disasters take centuries to transform the geographic features of land that humans have changed in less than a decade. (Be aware of land use) This happened in Harsil in Uttarakhand. Trees began to fall in the forests of the mountains and hills, gradually leading to the elimination of fertile soil from the topsoil of the earth, making the land barren and unusable for activities such as agriculture and makes it useless. These types of lands become barren and start eroding in a short time because of this. Additionally, they are more likely to be affected by flash floods during the rainy season. Incessant and unscientific quarrying is another menace which causes stones on the surface of the landscape to break or shake through the use of impact machines like JCB. This harms the houses and other types of buildings that are near this area and they can be believed...... middle of paper ......for help because not everyone can not be prepared and needs to get help. and it's all done because of these kinds of things happening. Works Cited “11 Facts About Disasters”. Do something. Np, and Web. April 28, 2014.Be mindful of land use. Alive. Infotrac Kiosk, February 6, 2014. Web. April 29, 2014. “Hurricane Katrina.” - News. Np, and Web. April 30, 2014. Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, nd Web. April 30, 2014. Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, nd Web. April 30, 2014. “The deadliest tsunami in history? » National Geographic. National Geographic Society, nd Web. April 28, 2014.Goyet, Claude De Ville De. Natural disaster mitigation and relief. US National Library of Medicine, June 18, 2000. Web. April 30, 2014. “Christie Blames Feds for Delays in Sandy Aid Response.” » NJ.com. Np, and Web. April 30. 2014.