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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,itwasnodifferent.
2、Packingwindsofover100mph,thestormtookoutpowerlinesandtrees,andpulverizedmud-and-thatchhomes.Thedeathtollwasover1,000,withmorethanhalfamillionpeopleforcedtofleetheirhomes.ButbyBangladesh’ssadstandards,Sidrwasnothing—acyclonein1991killedanastounding140,000people.#2.SoutheastU.S.Dr
3、oughtsWaterexpertsliketocalldroughttheRodneyDangerfieldofnaturaldisasters:Itgetsnorespect.ButthelongdrythatgrippedmuchoftheAmericanSoutheastthisyearismakingeveryonetakenotice.Normallyverdant,Georgiaandseveralneighboringstatesaresufferingthroughtheirworstdryspellinrecordedhistory
4、.AtonepointthecityofAtlanta,oneofthefastest-growingmetroareasintheU.S.,hadjustthreemonthsofwaterleft.Asthedroughtworsened,ittriggeredanastylegalfightbetweenFlorida,GeorgiaandAlabamaoverdecliningwatersupplies.Thechieflegacyofthe2007droughtwillbethis:Itcouldwellbewater,notenergyor
5、oil,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.MassivefloodsthatstruckthesouthernMexicanstatesofTabascoandChiapasinl
6、ateOctoberandNovemberleftvaststretchesoflandcompletelysubmerged—anestimated80%ofTabascowasunderwateratonepoint,andasmanyasonemillionresidentswereaffectedbythefloods.MexicanPresidentFelipeCalderonputitsimply:“Thisisoneoftheworstnaturaldisastersinthehistoryofthecountry.” #4.Hurric
7、aneFelixTheU.S.gotofflightlyinthehurricaneseasonof2007,butnoteverycountrywassolucky.ACategory5storm—thehighestpossiblerating—HurricaneFelixslammedintoNicaraguaonSept.4withwindsthatrangedupto160mph.ThestormalsohitHondurasandgrazedtheCaribbeanislands.AltogetherFelixkilled101people
8、,andpulverizedtheimpoverishedcoastalcommunities
