India is ranked 5th in the world when it comes to being vulnerable to extreme weather disasters. India is a poor country which by study shows that poor countries are more vulnerable to diasters like this as well. Myanmar who is a neighboring country, tops the list for being the most vulnerable country to weather related disasters. Indias economic loss from extreme weather events such as cyclones and hurricanes is estimated to be over $37.8 billion dollars. That is debt that India may never and probably will not recover from. Not to mention that weather disasters occur quite often in India and Myanmar.
Last year, over 220,000 people had to evacuate their homes and 20,000 houses and 80 dams were destroyed by flooding and heavy winds. India was also hit by cyclones Titli and Gaja which both had wind speeds of over 150 km per hour. Titli killed about 8 people and left 450,000 people without electricity.
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