Credit: Tara Pande
It is evident that hurricanes cause tremendous damage. For starters, the Balance concluded, “Over one-third of its [America’s] gross domestic product is from states along the Gulf and Atlantic coastline.” And, hurricanes cause increases in unemployment rates and depressions in the stock market. For example, in 2005, Hurricane Katrina damaged 19% of the oil production in the United States. Even though it was only a CAT level 3 cyclone when it hit land, about 125 billion dollars were spent in repair, and 15 million people were affected.
Out of the 20 most destructive hurricanes in history, 17 of them have occurred since 2000. But why have hurricanes become more destructive now? (emphasis added)
Global warming is what you’d expect considering all the things it has caused. But global warming has a weak correlation to the surge of hurricanes. Their increasing […]
