Hurricanes Are Becoming a Greater Hazard

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‘Hurricanes are becoming a greater hazard’ discuss. There is evidence that hurricanes may be becoming a greater hazard due to the increased intensity and frequency of them, data has shown that the number of hurricanes each year is in general controlled by a 20-40 year cycle, currently scientists believe that we are in the stage of the cycle where there will be more hurricanes than average each year as compared to the mid 1960’s-1990’s where the number of hurricanes per year was considerably less than the expected average. This increase in the number of storms means that some areas may be getting by more than one hurricane each season and more hurricanes over a period of time than they had done previously, allowing less time for the area to recover , rebuild its defences and plan and prepare effectively for the next storm, this therefore often intensifies the effects of the hurricane, in this case making it a greater hazard e.g. the Florida Keys, southeast Florida, Bangladesh and the Philippines are all areas that have experienced greater damage from hurricanes since 1995 when the average number of hurricanes per year started to increase. Louisiana in the USA is an area where some evidence has shown that hurricanes are becoming a greater hazard. Since 2000 there have been a total of 5 hurricanes and 23 tropical storms to make landfall and effect the area, significantly more than between 1980 and 1995. Not only have this but the hurricanes been causing a greater amount of damage, in general, even within the 2000-present time frame. Hurricane Ida of 2009 was the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the 2009 Atlantic Hurricane season, however there was only 1 direct death from the hurricane, and a total estimated damage of $11.3 million, with 40,000 people being left homeless. In comparison another hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana only 3 years later in
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