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1、人民教育出版社八年级（下册）畅言教育TopDisastersof2007fromTimeMagazine1.BangladeshCyclonesThesheerpopulationdensityofBangladesh—2,639peoplepersquaremile—guaranteesthatanynaturaldisasterinthatSouthAsiannationwilltakeaseverehumantoll.WhenCycloneSidrstrucksouthernBangladeshonNov.15,itwasnodifferen
2、t.Packingwindsofover100mph,thestormtookoutpowerlinesandtrees,andpulverizedmud-and-thatchhomes.Thedeathtollwasover1,000,withmorethanhalfamillionpeopleforcedtofleetheirhomes.ButbyBangladesh’ssadstandards,Sidrwasnothing—acyclonein1991killedanastounding140,000people.#2.SoutheastU.
3、S.DroughtsWaterexpertsliketocalldroughttheRodneyDangerfieldofnaturaldisasters:Itgetsnorespect.ButthelongdrythatgrippedmuchoftheAmericanSoutheastthisyearismakingeveryonetakenotice.Normallyverdant,Georgiaandseveralneighboringstatesaresufferingthroughtheirworstdryspellinrecordedh
4、istory.AtonepointthecityofAtlanta,oneofthefastest-growingmetroareasintheU.S.,hadjustthreemonthsofwaterleft.Asthedroughtworsened,ittriggeredanastylegalfightbetweenFlorida,GeorgiaandAlabamaoverdecliningwatersupplies.Thechieflegacyofthe2007droughtwillbethis:Itcouldwellbewater,not
5、energyoroil,whichfinallyconstrainsAmericangrowth. 用心用情服务教育人民教育出版社八年级（下册）畅言教育#3.MexicoFloodsAnaturaldisasterinarichcountryliketheUnitedStatescanbeaninconvenience.InanimpoverishednationlikeMexico,itisahumancatastrophe.MassivefloodsthatstruckthesouthernMexicanstatesofTabascoand
6、ChiapasinlateOctoberandNovemberleftvaststretchesoflandcompletelysubmerged—anestimated80%ofTabascowasunderwateratonepoint,andasmanyasonemillionresidentswereaffectedbythefloods.MexicanPresidentFelipeCalderonputitsimply:“Thisisoneoftheworstnaturaldisastersinthehistoryofthecountry
7、.” #4.HurricaneFelixTheU.S.gotofflightlyinthehurricaneseasonof2007,butnoteverycountrywassolucky.ACategory5storm—thehighestpossiblerating—HurricaneFelixslammedintoNicaraguaonSept.4withwindsthatrangedupto160mph.ThestormalsohitHondurasandgrazedtheCaribbeanislands.AltogetherFelixk
8、illed101people,andpulverizedtheimpoverishedcoastalcommunities
