Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: In a country where more than 50 percent of the population are living on less than two dollars a day, the human cost of such disasters is enormous. Senator Richard Gordon, who also heads the Philippine Red Cross, said that unless the cycle of poverty is tackled "these disasters will just go on repeating themselves."

poverty