Is the Impact of Storm Hazards Influenced by the Level of Development of the Place Affected? - Akshaya
How severe and widespread the impacts of storm hazards are often influenced by the wealth of a country, the management procedures they have in place, as well as the region’s infrastructure. All these factors affect both the short and long-term impacts, as well as the scale of the hazard effects. Past hazards have indicated that storm hazards are highly damaging to both LICs and HICs, with Hurricane Katrina in the USA and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines both having a huge number of fatalities. The development of a place often allows the impacts to be mitigated to an extent, however, the magnitude of the storm hazard itself is still impossible for humans to control. The wealth of the US allowing it to recover well and mitigate the impacts of storm hazards is apparent with hurricane Irma. Despite Irma being the fifth costliest hurricane to hit the mainland of the US, with $50 billion worth of damage, there were no major long-term impacts. There were also no fatalities, as 6.5 mil...