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Which Countries do you commonly assosiate with Human and/or Natural Disasters?
This is for a textiles project Im doing at school. I would really appreciate it if as many of you answered this question as possible.
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- 10 years agoFavorite Answer
According to maple croft research this is the top ten list for economic cost per country in light of natural disasters. Basically those that have had to pay the most to repair damage. However bare in mind a hurricane in USA is going to cause more economic damage than one in somewhere like North Africa as they are a more developed country.
Mean annual natural disaster economic loss (US$ millions) (between 1980-2008)
1. USA 18000
2. China 10700
3. Japan 7100
4. Italy 2000
5. India 1600
6. Germany 1200
7. France 1000
8. UK 1000
9. Mexico 900
10. Turkey 800
Source(s): Maplecroft - http://businessassurance.com/downloads/2009/03/nat... - How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
