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1.5 FLASHCARDFACTORS THAT MAKE COUNTRIES VULNERABLE TO
PHYSICAL HAZARDS OF TROPICAL STORMS
TROPICAL CYCLONES
- SURGE WAVE (STORM SURGE) A RISING - PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE INSURANCE TOCOVER THE
COSTS OF REPARING DAMAGE CAUSED BY CYCLONES
OF THE SEA AS A RESULT OF WIND AND - IT’S HARDER TO RESCUE PEOPLE BECAUSE OF POOR
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CHANGE INFRASTRUCTURE
- STEEP HILLSIDES MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF LAND
SLIDES
- INTENSE RAINFALL, TROPICAL CYCLONES - BUILDINGS ARE POORER QUALITY SO MORE EASILY
RELEASE TRILLIONS OF LITRES OF WATER DAMAGED
- LOW – LYING COASTLINES ARE VULNERABLE TO STORM
PER DAY AS RAIN SURGE FLOODING AS WELL AS LARGE WAVES CAUSED
BY THR HIGH WINDS
- MANY PEOPLE DEPEND ON AGRICULTURE WHICH IS
- COSTAL FLOODING, HAPPENS AS A OFTEN BADLY AFFECTED – THIS LEADS TO A LOSS OF
RESULT OF STORM SURGES AND STRONG LIVELIHOODS
- THERE IS LITTLE MONEY FOR FLOOD DEFENCES OR
WIND TRAINING EMERGENCY TEAMS
- HOWEVER, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS OFTEN GREATER
- LANDSLIDE, HEAVY RAIN MAKES HILLS IN RICHER COUNTRIES AS THE BUILDINGS AND
INFRASTRUCTURES DAMAGED ARE WORTH A LOT OF
UNSTABLE CAUSING COLLAPSE MONEY
- AREAS IN THE PATH OF TROPICAL CYCLONES ARE HIT
MORE FREQUENTLY
- HEALTH CARE ISN’T AS GOOD SO THEY STRUGGLE TO
TREAT ALL THE CASUALTIES
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