This year the Asia-Pacific region is going through a round of disasters. Starting with the Lombok earthquake, Kerala floods, Japan earthquake/landslides, Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines and now there is another tragedy with the 7.5 earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Latest reports says that more than 1200 people have lost lives but there will be many more. Estimates put the number of people affected at over 1.5 million. Thousands of homes have been destroyed and...