Severe climate events can impact mental health, also from afar

Key takeaways: 

• We are inundated with pictures and videos of these results. That can make people very concerned,’ explained Robin Cox.
• People fill sandbags to attempt to prevent the increasing floodwaters near Abbotsford, B.C., on Friday.

Mental health can be affected by these extreme weather conditions: 

Sonja Cehun has tried to describe the catastrophic floods in her house region of B.C. to her two kids.

Usually, Cehun and her partner have an obvious question plan with their children, aged 10 and 13. 

But she was lost for words when her most junior asked about the disastrous results of the current weekend’s rain in B.C.

“When she said to me on Wednesday morning, ‘Why is this happening?’ I just thought … I don’t know. I don’t have the answer anymore,” stated Cehun. Source – cbc.ca

An aerial river flooded the region on Sunday and Monday, leading to record rainfall that prompted landslides, washed-out roads and freeways, and cut off cities from the remainder of the region.

As revival begins, restrictions on travel and fuel buying have been required.

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The B.C. floods are the most advanced in a range of difficulties that are weighing on Cehun, a veterinarian from Australia. The front came to the Australian bushfires in January 2020, which she saw from a distance, then the COVID-19 outbreak. That was accompanied by wildfires and the heat dome in B.C. and various cancer analyses in her family.

Though the North Vancouver citizen hasn’t been immediately struck by the floodwaters, she states the results have taken damage on her and her kids.

“I didn’t do a lot of editing of my personal feelings about how things were. And so it’s hard … it trickles down to the children in every conceivable way,” stated Cehun. Source – cbc.ca

Observing disaster & common trauma

The impact of seeing events similar to those in B.C. can have a great effect on people, even if they aren’t straight hit.