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Floods are not natural; they are caused by humans

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            Even though we have a deep grasp of nature, we haven't been able to coexist with it. For no other reason than they have been attempting to capture it, and all such actions are likely to end in disaster. Just think about this. If an earthquake occurs in a mountainous area where no one lives and there is no infrastructure, or if floodwaters inundate a desert where no one lives, there won't be any damage. The majority of disaster specialists concur that a disaster occurs when a hazard collides with vulnerability. Therefore, one may claim that losses are not only the result of the rain. Vulnerabilities have been produced by bad governance or a lack of governance. The vulnerability of human settlements was only made apparent by the rain.   The PATTAN organization conducted a survey following the 1997 floods to learn about flood-related losses in Sargodha and Muzaffargarh. Surprisingly, there was a negative correlation between losses and flooding intensity. Losses wer