We all know that maybe the 2020 was the worst year we had ever faced since our birth. We have started the 2020 with new wishes, new plans & new joy but the Period from March 2020 became the threat in the history of mankind. We are not saying the Number 2020 is curse but the incidents and disasters of this year makes the year worst of all time. People really wanted to end this year as fast as it can & hoping the New Year 2021 will enter in our life with new hopes.
So, today we will give the knowledge you about the 20 greatest Disasters (Human or Natural), Accidents & Incidents of Year 2020 because of which this year has left the un-removable marks on the face of mankind
1. Australian Bushfire (October 2019 – January 2020): It all started with Australia Bushfires from October 2019 but continued till January 2020. The Bushfire spread over the largest scale of areas in Australian Jungles because of which Millions of Lives were affected. Millions of Natural Resources & Animals were dead. It took 4 months for Australian Govt. to overcome from this disaster. In Many places of Australia, Emergency has been declared and the strong winds pushes the fire towards the largest area of the Jungle. 18 Million Hectares land has been affected with deaths of Human and Animals.
2. Floods in Indonesia (January 2020): During the Australian Bushfire, we have witnessed another disaster in Indonesia because of the huge Floods. It started from 1st January 2020 because of the Heavy Rain in Capital Jakarta. Due to Heavy Rain & Floods, in many places Landslides were happened. Over 100-150 peoples were lost their lives and Millions of People & Natural Resources were Affected
3. COVID 19 (March 2020 – Now): The greatest threat of 2020. Started from China from October 2019 and affected more than 80 Million (numbers as on dated 20.12.2020) People over the world and near 2 Million deaths were happened in just 12 months. The Numbers were still increasing. The countries were shut down with Complete Lockdown. People were advising to Wear Mask and Keep Sanitized for the prevention from this virus until the Vaccine will not come. The Vaccine has finally launched by the Pharmaceutical Company Pfizer but the vaccination to whole country will required lots of time. The effect of COVID 19 virus will run in long period of Time till then people need to prevent them from its affect by themselves with proper Social Distancing & Sanitization measures.
4. Volcano Eruption in Philippines (January 2020): We can say that the Philippines is the country of Volcanos. More than 20 active and other volcanos are available in Philippines. One of the Volcano Named “Taal Volcano” erupted in January 2020. Last time the Volcano in Philippines was erupted 43 years ago and now the Volcano choose the Year 2020 to Erupt. More than 40 peoples were dead and 3,00,000 peoples were evacuated from the affected area.
5. Earthquakes all over the world (Whole Year): More than 200 earthquakes has been shook the earth in 2020. On an average every month 15 earthquakes has been happened throughout the world. The most devastating earthquake was happened in China-India-Iran-Russia-Turkey-Caribbean which has affected the most and where the damage was in greatest level. Many Asian Countries were affected at the same time in widest level. 45 Major Earthquakes at the same time shook the world with Terror and every earthquake’s speed was mapped more than 6 in Rector Scale
6. Locusts Swarms Attack (May 2020 to August 2020): Locusts Swarms attacked the Crops in Whole World from the period of May 2020 to August 2020. Locusts had destroyed the crops which could help to fulfill the hunger of Millions of People over the world. Not Just in India but this huge Locust attack happened throughout the world at the same Time. India, Pakistan, Brazil, South Asian Countries etc. has been affected. This attack was happened in after 26 years at this huge level and even the Locusts choose the Year 2020. Billions of Locusts Swarms destroyed the Crops in widest level
7. Cyclone Amphan (May 2020): Super Cyclonic named Storm Amphan was a powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone which caused wide damage in Eastern India, specifically West Bengal and in Bangladesh in May 2020. 13.7 Billion Natural & human resources were damaged and lots of peopled lost their lives. The Speed of Amphan Cyclone was around 240 KM/H
8. Fire in Forest of Uttarakhand (May 2020): 23rd May was the date when the Jungle of Pauri, Gharwal started burning and more than 51 Hectares of Land has been destroyed because of Huge Fire. It also took lives of some peoples and lots of animals has lost their homes. The Reason may be the Heat or Recklessness of Human but because of this many peoples lost its places and animals lost their homeland
9. Assam Floods (May 2020): 2020 Assam floods was the flood event because of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian north-eastern state of Assam and coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. Started in May 2020 due to heavy rainfall affecting 30,000 and destroying crops across 5 districts. More than 2,67,203 hectares of land crops has been destroyed and 45,000 animals lost their home. Hopefully the people has been rescued but this affects them a lot.
10. Beirut, Lebanon Explosion (August 2020): On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the port of the city of Beirut (the capital of Lebanon) exploded, because of which at least 204 deaths, 6,500 injuries, and US$15 billion in property damage and estimated 3,00,000 people lost their homes
11. Loss of Numerous Famous Personalities: We have lost many famous Bollywood, Hollywood and other sector’s personalities in 2020. The most tragic death was of Mr. Sushant Singh Rajput whose mystery is still in dark. Apart from this we have also lost Very Talented Indian personalities like Irfan Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Pranab Mukharjee, Saroj Khan etc. Not just in India we also lost many famous personalities around the world like Chadwick Boseman, Naya Rivera, Kelly Preston, Grant Imahara & Kobe Bryant etc.
12. CAA/NRC: It started in 2019 but continued even after the outcome of COVID 19. People were protesting in Delhi against the CAA/NRC Bill issued by Government of India. The riots and protests were arised because of misunderstanding about the law between people especially among Muslims. Lots of people suffer because of this Protest. Property Destruction, Vehicle Damages by people, Road Jams etc. are the common effects of CAA/NRC Protests in Delhi
13. Communal Riots in Delhi (Feb 2020): There were a huge riots in Delhi against Hindus & Muslim in Feb 2020. Just because of the small misunderstanding and CAA/NRC Confusion, these riots were arised because of which Bloodshed, Property Destruction & Deaths of Peoples happened. The condition has increased so drastically because of which even section 144 has been applied. Commandos were assigned in Colonies and Many Number of Police officers were assigned to maintain peace
14. Vishakhapatnam Gas Leak (May 2020): The Visakhapatnam gas leak, (Vizag Gas Leak) was an industrial accident that occurred at the LG Polymers chemical plant in the R. R. Venkatapuram Village of the Gopalapatnam, located at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, during early morning of 7 May 2020. 12 People has been dead because of this Gas Leak and hundreds of people affects from it.
15. Fall Down of Share Market: The Share Market of India even of the World has dropped down to the earth suddenly just after the COVID 19 & Lockdown situation. Sensex and NIFTY has been dropped from 41,500 & 12,000 to 25,000 & 8,700 respectively in India Market. People lost their investments and lost high returns on Stock, MF & other share market investments. Companies also faced loss and completely closing of business activities for more than 5 months
16. Air Crashes (January & May 2020): It’s the month of May 2020 and a bad news came from Pakistan that a Plane has been crashed in Karachi (Pakistan) where 97 people were dead and lots of residential area has been destroyed. Many people were also injured because of this crash
Another news from Iran when Iran “unintentionally” shot down and attached Ukrainian Aircraft on which 176 people were travelling
17. Black Lives Matter Movement (May 2020): Black Lives Matter movement may be the largest Movement in the US History where black peoples protested against for their rights.
What is the reason behind the Black Lives Matter Protest in US ?
Protest: Death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man who was killed during an arrest after Derek Chauvin (a Minneapolis Police Department officer) knelt on Floyd's neck for nearly eight minutes as three other officers looked on and prevented passers-by from intervening. Chauvin and the other three officers involved were later arrested but the time has slipped which turned into violent protest
During the COVID 19 Situation where the whole world was shut down because of Widest Lockdown, on that time Black Peoples were fighting for their rights on the roads. In the starting the protest was quite but later it turned into attacking manner. Many White & Black were affected and Corona Cases has been also increased because of not following social distancing rule and the result is well known by everyone that America was the country where maximum cases & maximum deaths were happened because of Corona Virus effect.
18. Oil Leak in Russia (June 2020): Russia declared a state emergency on June 3 because of a massive oil spill in the Arctic region. Around 20,000 tons of fuel from a power plant in Norilsk leaked into a river on May 29. The oil leaked into the Ambarnaya River that flows into the environmentally sensitive Arctic Ocean. Just Imagine how many sea animals has been affected and dead
19. Farmer Protest in India (November 2020): Farmers of all over the India were gathered in New Delhi against New Farm Bill introduced by Modi’s BJP Government. More than 2.5 million farmers were gathered in this cold atmosphere on open road 24 hours to remove the latest farm bill but Government was not in mood to draw the Rule. Attacks by Water Cannons, Police barricading and Closing of Borders are some incidents happened in this March. The whole transport and trading activities were affected with connecting states. “Bharat Band” has been happened by opposition parties to support farmers.
20. New Strain of COVID 19 (December 2020): After the COVID 19 (Corona Virus), another Corona Virus Strain was found in United Kingdom where more than 100 peoples were affected over the world (data as on dated 31st December 2020) and 6 new cases were found in India. Because of this new corona strain, all countries had stopped the flights movement from Britain and to Britain. Lockdown has been also implemented in United Kingdom during Christmas
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