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New York City is just beginning to gird for the '100-year storm'

3 Feb 2012, Capital

In her article for Capital, Katharine Jose addresses a very real danger the city may be facing as a result of environmental changes already well underway: Sea-level rise. 'You have to stop building more assets in a risky way in flood zones. Start with avoiding bad things for the future'...


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Human Exposure
Hazard type Population
exposed
Percentage of population
Cyclone 3,573,351
Drought 26,055,000
Flood 390,594
Landslide 4,384
 
Earthquake 4,618,586
Tsunami 528,017
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 2008 11,000,148
Storm 2004 5,000,000
Storm 1999 3,000,010
Storm 2008 2,100,000
Storm 1985 1,000,000
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
Data version: v11.08   *: Including tsunami
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