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Table 1
(continued)
Date/year
Incidents
Place
Effects
References
August 2005
Hurricane Katrina
Gulf Coast of Mississippi
Flooding of Lake Ponchartrain.
80% of New Orleans was left
under water. More than 1800 lives
were lost and hundreds are still
missing. With more than $81
billion in damages, Katrina was the
most expensive natural disaster in
U.S. history
September 2004
Hurricane Ivan
Gulf Shores, Alabama
121 people died and more than $19
billion damages was recorded
2017
Tropical Storm Arlene
Tropical Storm Bret
Tropical Storm Cindy
Tropical Storm Emily
Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Jose
Hurricane Maria
USA
Thousands of lives lost and billion
of damages occurred; People were
forced to migrate internally and
ecology also suffered substantial
lose
Irfan and Resnick (2018).
https://www.vox.com/
energy-and-environment/
2017/12/28/16795490/
hurricanes-wildfires-heatclimate-change-cost-deaths
2003–17
Forest fires in India increased
by 46% in the last 16 years
and by 125% in last two
years
India
In 2017, the maximum number of
forest fires were reported in
Madhya Pradesh (4781) followed
by Odisha (4416) and Chhattisgarh
(4373)
Pandey (2018). https://www.
downtoearth.org.in/news/
increased-by-125-per-centin-last-two-years-60349
(continued)
S. Chatterjee and A. Tandon
Table 1
(continued)
Date/year
Incidents
Place
Effects
References
August 2005
Hurricane Katrina
Gulf Coast of Mississippi
Flooding of Lake Ponchartrain.
80% of New Orleans was left
under water. More than 1800 lives
were lost and hundreds are still
missing. With more than $81
billion in damages, Katrina was the
most expensive natural disaster in
U.S. history
September 2004
Hurricane Ivan
Gulf Shores, Alabama
121 people died and more than $19
billion damages was recorded
2017
Tropical Storm Arlene
Tropical Storm Bret
Tropical Storm Cindy
Tropical Storm Emily
Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Jose
Hurricane Maria
USA
Thousands of lives lost and billion
of damages occurred; People were
forced to migrate internally and
ecology also suffered substantial
lose
Irfan and Resnick (2018).
https://www.vox.com/
energy-and-environment/
2017/12/28/16795490/
hurricanes-wildfires-heatclimate-change-cost-deaths
2003–17
Forest fires in India increased
by 46% in the last 16 years
and by 125% in last two
years
India
In 2017, the maximum number of
forest fires were reported in
Madhya Pradesh (4781) followed
by Odisha (4416) and Chhattisgarh
(4373)
Pandey (2018). https://www.
downtoearth.org.in/news/
increased-by-125-per-centin-last-two-years-60349
(continued)