Natural disasters: The chaos to come.

The article explores the increasing number of natural disasters worldwide from 2004 to 2005. The death of approximately four-hundred thousand people because of the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and the earthquake in Kashmir, India has initiated growing concern of the people on the impact of natural disaster on the human mortality. According to Steve Sparks, a volcanologist, the world can now expect three to five major catastrophes every year, which each kill more than fifty-thousand people. The mechanisms behind these disasters are volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, cyclones and floods.