The " CNN effect " may have played a role in increasing aid following the Asian tsunami ( 2004 ) , the Kashmir earthquake ( 2005 ) , Hurricane Katrina ( 2005 ) , and the Sichuan earthquake in China ( 2008 ) . Following the Asian tsunami , for instance , the media " blitz " that followed this natural disaster may have helped prompt an unprecedented outpouring of donations . " By February 2005 , the international community had donated $ 500 per person affected by the tsunami , compared to just 50 cents for each person affected by Uganda ’s 18-year war . "
Sichuan earthquake in China
2008 Sichuan earthquake
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