However sudden the initial displacement, the impact can last for generations, together with a long-term need for clean water, shelter, health care, and other basic services, as victims of Hurricane Mitch in Central America in 1998 know from bitter experience. Nor are rich countries immune.
尽管一开始流离失所可能是突如其来的，但是其影响可能会延续数代人，同时还面临对清洁水、住所、健康护理和其他基本服务的长期需求，正如1998年发生在中美洲的米奇飓风给其受害者所带去的痛苦经历。富裕国家同样也不能幸免。在卡特琳娜飓风发生两年后，依然有数以千计的人生活在临时住所内。