Thảm họa tự nhiên nghiêm trọng nhất ở Fiji: cơn bão và lũ lụt năm 1931
Tóm tắt
Ít nhất 225 người ở quần đảo Fiji đã thiệt mạng do cơn bão và lũ lụt năm 1931, đại diện cho sự mất mát sinh mạng lớn nhất từ một thảm họa tự nhiên trong lịch sử gần đây của Fiji. Bài báo này khám phá nguyên nhân của thảm họa và khả năng tái diễn. Thảm họa xảy ra vì một sự kiện hiếm hoi đã bất ngờ làm cho hàng trăm người—đặc biệt là những nông dân Ấn Độ mới định cư—sống trên những vùng đất thấp dễ bị ngập lụt ở phía tây bắc đảo Viti Levu. Khả năng xảy ra một thảm họa lũ lụt có quy mô như vậy vào ngày hôm nay đã giảm bớt nhờ vào sự thay đổi trong mô hình định cư và vật liệu xây dựng; tuy nhiên, một xu hướng tái định cư trên các vùng đất thấp, đôi khi trong những ngôi nhà dễ bị tổn thương, đang khiến các thế hệ mới phải đối mặt với nguy cơ lũ lụt. Đóng góp của bài báo này cho tài liệu về những mối nguy toàn cầu được trình bày trong ba phần: sắc tộc, giới tính và độ tuổi của những người tử vong do lũ lụt; tính tự nhiên của các thảm họa; và lợi ích của sự lựa chọn và hạn chế như những lời giải thích cho các mô hình dễ bị tổn thương.
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