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Climatic hazards
Case study facts
Question | Answer |
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Date of Hurricane Mitch | 29 October 1998 – Mitch made landfall over Honduras |
Category of Hurricane Mitch | 5, however lessened before making landfall |
No. of deaths from Hurricane Mitch | 10,000 |
No. of people displaced by Hurricane Mitch | 3 million |
Cost of Hurricane Mitch | US$5 billion |
Date of Hurricane Katrina | 29 August 2005 – Katrina made landfall over Gulf Coast of Louisiana |
Category of Hurricane Katrina | 5 at its height, 4 when it made landfall |
No. of deaths from Hurricane Katrina | 1,500 |
Cost of Hurricane Katrina | US$75 billion – costliest natural disaster in US history |
Date of Cyclone Nargis | 2 May 2008 – made landfall in Burma |
Category of Cyclone Nargis | weak Category 4 |
No. of deaths from Cyclone Nargis | 140,000 |
No. of people displaced by Cyclone Nargis | over 2 million |
Cost of Cyclone Nargis | US$10 billion |