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If we are ill prepared... SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE
Location, population, Category 1
poverty levels, presence Slight wind on shore,
of warning systems, level which is breezy but
of preparedness, and does not cause any
time of day or year play damage.
a very important role in
the destruction that can be Category 2
caused by a natural disaster. Wind causes the
If an earthquake occurs water to move to
in a thickly populated the shore, which
area, lots of lives will be might damage small
lost, especially if there boats in unprotected
is no prior warning. A harbours.
case in point is the 1556
Shaanxi earthquake in Category 3
China—though it was not Small buildings
the earthquake with the along the coastline
highest recorded magnitude, can be destroyed by
it turned out to be the flooding and floating
deadliest in human history. debris.
How do we measure the Category 4
impact? Houses on the coast
get submerged,
To measure the impact of and there is inland
such disasters, a number flooding of up to
of factors are taken into a distance of ten
account—the number kilometres.
of people killed and
injured, the number of Category 5
people displaced, and the Small houses get
damage to property and the blown away and
environment. The United buildings located
Nations terms a natural up to sixteen
catastrophe ‘great’ when kilometres suffer
thousands of people die, severe damage.
millions become homeless,
and financial losses are very
high. The affected region or
country requires help from
other countries to deal with
the disaster.
to more than two billion.
If we are ill prepared... SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE
Location, population, Category 1
poverty levels, presence Slight wind on shore,
of warning systems, level which is breezy but
of preparedness, and does not cause any
time of day or year play damage.
a very important role in
the destruction that can be Category 2
caused by a natural disaster. Wind causes the
If an earthquake occurs water to move to
in a thickly populated the shore, which
area, lots of lives will be might damage small
lost, especially if there boats in unprotected
is no prior warning. A harbours.
case in point is the 1556
Shaanxi earthquake in Category 3
China—though it was not Small buildings
the earthquake with the along the coastline
highest recorded magnitude, can be destroyed by
it turned out to be the flooding and floating
deadliest in human history. debris.
How do we measure the Category 4
impact? Houses on the coast
get submerged,
To measure the impact of and there is inland
such disasters, a number flooding of up to
of factors are taken into a distance of ten
account—the number kilometres.
of people killed and
injured, the number of Category 5
people displaced, and the Small houses get
damage to property and the blown away and
environment. The United buildings located
Nations terms a natural up to sixteen
catastrophe ‘great’ when kilometres suffer
thousands of people die, severe damage.
millions become homeless,
and financial losses are very
high. The affected region or
country requires help from
other countries to deal with
the disaster.
to more than two billion.
