Corruption

Corruption is present everywhere. Where there is power, there is corruption. What is corruption?
- Corruption (n): dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.

The world suffer corruption because people want power and money satisfy their greed. Countries that are developing face corruption inside the government. The government has the power to do anything, and the people must comply to the government's demands to be able to get something done. Our country, Vietnam, is a perfect example of horrific corruption of government officials. There are 3 types of corruptions: Petty corruption, grand corruption, and systematic corruption.

Petty corruption is corruption that are not major and serious. This usually happens with police, small officials, etc. In Vietnam. when a police calls a person over because that person violated a traffic law, the police will receive a bribe from that person so the police will let them go.

Systematic corruption is where agents or officials of a company act corruptly in the system. Extortion, bribery, and embezzlement are common in systematic corruption. For example, a household agent would ask for more money so that the buyers do not to have to take care of the paper work.

All things that happen must have at least an effect that comes afterwards. Corruptions have many.

Economic effects: Depletion of national and private wealth. Money will pure into the corrupted officials, while the citizens will have little wealth left. This will lead to unfair distribution of wealth. Inflation will happen, and the price of goods will surely increase.

Social effects: Dishonesty, shortcuts, no incentives to work to produce goods that are high quality and cheap. People that have power will have more power. People that have no power will remain in the same position. Inequality between the rich and the poor. 

Solutions to the problems:

Collaboration between countries to help filter out and punish corrupted officials. Create a hotline for people to report corrupted individuals to the government. There are many other solutions that are implemented to prevent corruption.

Natural Disaster

Natural disasters are unavoidable. It is nature's doing, and we can only try to avoid it. Natural disasters are unstoppable forces of nature that have immense, destructive power. There are many different types of natural disasters in the world. Some areas have been named based on the natural disaster that frequently happens there. For example, the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean, which has multiple earthquakes and volcanic eruptions every year. The types of disasters are: Volcano eruption, Tsunami, Earthquakes, and Typhoon.

Volcano eruption: 

Volcanoes are spread out around the world, but they are mostly concentrated at the Ring of Fire. When a volcano erupts, spewing out lava and magma around it, along with rocks and minerals. There is also ashes that are emitted. The lava and magma would melt almost anything that they come in contact with for they have an extremely high temperature. The ashes will destroy crops, make the air become unbreathable. The areas around the volcano would be evacuated for it is dangerous for people to stay there. Recently, there had been a volcano eruption in Japan at Mount Ontake, which killed 57 people. Experts now say that there is a new volcano that has a chance of eruption. If it would happen, 95% of Japan would be uninhabitable. For the next hundred year, Japan has a 1% odd of the volcano erupts.

Tsunami: 

Tsunami are huge tidal waves that are created by earthquakes or explosions in the ocean bed. Tsunami can be as tall as 30 feet (9m) tall. They can invade the inland by up to 300 meters or more.

Tsunamis are extremely fast so you only have couple of minutes before they hit the inland. Tsunamis wipe out anything that it comes in contact with, and then pulling everything back into the ocean. 

Earthquakes:

Earthquakes happen when there are lands that clash together, creating shockwaves that spread throughout the area. They also create tsunamis if the lands clash under water. Earthquakes shatter the ground under houses and buildings.

It is dangerous and buildings can collapse on the people inside. The best way to avoid earthquakes is to run outside and get to a secure evacuation area.

In 2011, a huge 8.9-magnitude earthquake happened in Hiroshima. After the earthquake came the tsunamis which added up to the terribleness of the event. Furthermore, the earthquake weakened the nuclear plant, causing a meltdown. 

Here are some pictures of the aftermath.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366126/Japan-earthquake-tsunami-Chilling-echoes-

Hiroshimas-destruction.html

Typhoon:

These are hurricanes that happen mostly at the Pacific Ocean. Philippines is one of the countries that suffer most from typhoons. Recently, the Haiyan typhoon caused severe damage to Philippines. 

7 million people were affected by the typhoon, and 600,000 people are homeless. The total costs were estimated at $15 billion.

These are natural disasters, and they can barely be prevented. The only way is that the government need to improve on how to predict disasters a long time before it could even happen. This would help evacuate the citizens and provide plans to deal with the disasters.

Volcano Eruption