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i wonder whether the others felt the same way but most of the times when i saw the news or hear about stories on the cyclone or the china earthquake, my heart felt this terrible empathy for the victims of these natural disasters.

From here ,

 

Construction workers put down their tools, drivers stopped suddenly in the street, and rescuers briefly paused in their increasingly vain search for survivors amid the rubble of China’s earthquake devastation.

China stopped for three minutes to mourn the estimated 50,000 people killed by the earthquake exactly one week earlier.

In the quake zone, rescuers racing to free the dwindling numbers of survivors also interrupted their work to mark the exact moment the ground shook with enough power to render large parts of central Sichuan province into rubble.

The breadth of the mourning underscored the deep impact that China’s worst natural disaster in three decades has had on its 1.3 billion people.

Hundreds gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, the city’s historical and governmental heart, where a huge Chinese flag was lowered to half-mast in a solemn military ceremony.

At 2.28pm local time (7.28am BST), the crowd fell silent and stood, many with heads bowed, while air raid sirens wailed. The city’s normally choking traffic stopped dead in its tracks and millions of drivers blared their horns.

Shop, restaurant and office workers emptied into the streets, bowing their heads and folding their hands to join the ceremony – scenes mirrored across China.

 

Just reading this para makes me feel morbid and sullen in a way.

10,000 alone, died, in Bogalay Myanmar and that is not included the other city as well. While in China, More than 50,000 died, and the casualty figure is still in the rise.

Many people have lost their parents, spouse or children. Coupled with losing their homes and personal belongings, the psychological needs for survivors are enormous. Supporting the emotional recovery of survivors is urgently needed and to help people during this time of high emotional stress.

hmmm

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