India's Main Hazards
Unfortunately, India is extremely prone to an array of different natural hazards including floods, fires, earthquakes, cyclones, hurricanes, landslides, etc. However, the two most common and detrimental natural hazards are floods and earthquakes. If I was moving to India, I would ideally want to live in a lower zone/risk area such as Ahmedabad. A whopping total of India’s 38 major cities have been known to be high-risk zones for earthquakes. Unfortunately, India has a negative past of not having stable and earthquake-proof buildings to prepare for these disasters. That is the first step and priority that will have to take place to make India a safer place once the next earthquake hits. The more prepared, the less of a disaster it will be. The main reason for India being such a high-risk earthquake country is due to the Indian plate under Asia. It makes around 54% of India prone to earthquakes! The area of India that I would focus on helping prepare for first would be the Zon
