In the world there are many natural disasters that occur such as earthquakes, tsunamis, tornados, hurricanes, and twisters. Sometimes, the natural disaster is weak enough to leave people undamaged and unharmed. Those tropical storms that never get the chance to turn into hurricanes can sometimes be a huge relief. Or maybe the earthquakes that are predicted ahead of time, so there’s plenty of time to evacuate the city. But, as for the unexpected disasters, they leave cities in pure turmoil. Places such as Japan, Haiti, and Libya are all places in the world, have been affected this year, and an update is available on all of the places.

Japan is home to about 26 million people, with about 20,000 people in each city in the prefecture, or state, of Fukushima alone. As Japan got an earthquake and a tsunami earlier this year, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station plant was leaked. It was the worst radiation leak since the Chernobyl accident in 1986; and the leak is still being contained. The leak has also spread to some farms in Ibaraki, a state 90 miles south of the power plant. They have detected the levels of Becquerel’s per kilogram, and it is 1/10 of the regulatory limit. There are 6 states that have low levels of cesium, preventing them to farm on their soil. With places of high levels of contaminations in the air and soil, they are being asked to conduct more tests by the Agriculture Ministry. On the plus side, the ban has been lifted on the distribution of meat in the state of Miyagi, after they confirmed they don’t have tainted meat. To take precautions they are testing 11% of prefecture’s cattle farms that were fed the contaminated straw and are 18 miles within the plant.

Meanwhile in Haiti, with more positive news, is getting a new project to rebuild the capital. The Haiti Reconstruction Panel, will use the $78 million they have received in donations from the United Nations, to rebuild 16 neighborhood in the Haitian capital. An anonymous senior, states “Honestly, I though everyone forgot about them.” While everyone has not, the project will remove over 30,000 people from the settlement camps and will also generate about 4,500 jobs. While sophomore, Paula Alba, said, “It was an unexpected tragedy;”referring to the earthquake. 

Lastly, Libya has reopened a new flag in the embassy that is stationed in D.C. They are also working on getting their assets back from the United States. Their steps to getting their nation back together have started and they are working on getting Gaddafi out of office, as his hold on the country is being weakened.