美国的自然灾害和防灾减灾(英文)

Natural Hazards and Mitigation Measures in USA

美国是一个自然灾害多发国家,整个西部、中部和东部是地震活跃地区,南部沿海地区遭受飓风袭击,干旱和洪水也非常严重。由于对公共安全的重视,许多自然灾害并未造成严重的人员伤害。例如,1994年北加州地震袭击了人口稠密的洛杉矶地区,人员伤亡仅61人。文章讨论了美国的自然灾害,并认为长期的防灾工作是非常必要的。

Natural disasters frequently happers in U. S. A. , frequent earthquakes in the whole western, central and eastern pant, hurricanes in the costal area in the south, and serious drought and floods. Because public security was paid great attention to,many to natural disasters didit cause heary casualties. For example, 61 died in the northern califoria earthquake in 1994 which atlacked populous Los Angeles. This paper discusses the presence of natural hazards in the US and the response measures that the author believes are keys to the long - term hazard mitigation.