ABSTRACT
This chapter explores desperate work of relief organisations to provide basic necessities to thousands of displaced people so that the casualties from the natural disaster do not climb higher. Earthquakes are so big and unpredictable that they have unrivalled casualties among natural disasters, but other disasters can also have sizeable local effects. If suffering and natural disasters were around before evil humans could be the cause, a different agent could be the source instead. The conditions of life that humans and other animals need are created by the very same natural disasters that cause harm. God never intended suffering to happen, it is a result of human sin. God is responsible for creating a world with conditions where life can, and often does, flourish. The only known conditions for life on our planet involve reliance on earthquakes and other natural disasters that cause suffering.
