Floods Back to Haunt

Floods come back again. That word is echoing inside our head recently. It is so pathetic considering floods always come every year and seems to be a usual thing. Floods sound like a trivial thing to some people, whereas their effects are so dangerous if it continues all the time. Government has made a lot of ways to prevent floods, but it is not easy as turning your hand. The proof of this, we can find many indifferent people who ignore the environment whereas they are involved in preventing floods.

            It is called flood, when a big number of water stagnates an area. It can be caused by many things. Nature can be one of them, and so do indiscriminate human activities. Natural phenomena such as high rainfall will influence the condition. Heavy rain which comes every day plus a pile of garbage will make water in the drains stacked while the water in river is getting overflow. Besides, we often throw garbage everywhere. Whereas, if today each of us can stand not to throw any garbage, there will be no thousand of trash in the street.

            On the other hand, the construction of houses in river side, and illegal logging leave only a little space for tree to grow. This is a big problem because if there are not enough places for trees, so water infiltration is getting hard to find. And the area which is lack of water infiltration will be easier to be flooded. Of course we cannot just stay and do nothing for our environment.

            Being careful does not mean we do nothing. When floods are about to come, we should have made many preparation. Start from food, clothes, medicine, or else. We do not need to be panic to face the floods.

            In summary, flood can be caused by nature or human. But it can be prevented if we make a lot of preparation and keep preserving the environment. Sense of awareness and sense of belonging are the main things to keep in mind. It will help us to prevent the floods which come back to haunt.