Transcription of Why is Haiti v ulnerable to natural hazards and disasters?
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Why is Haiti v ulnerable to natural hazards and disasters?
Why is Haiti vulnerable to natural hazards anddisasters?Poor infrastructure, deforestation and failure to prepare for earthquakes and storms put the island at veryhigh riskSam JonesTuesday 4 October 2016 BSTH aiti, which is feeling the force of Hurricane Matthew, with winds of 145mph and 3ft of rain,is all too accustomed to natural hazards and Caribbean country is regularly battered by tropical storms and floods and has also beenstruck by powerful the hurricane season eight years ago, Haiti was hit by four storms Fay, Gustav, Hannahand Ike which killed more than 800 people and devastated nearly three-quarters of itsagricultural land. It also suffered dire flooding in 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2007. In 1963,Hurricane Flora killed 6,000 people in Haiti and January 2010, a devastating earthquake flattened parts of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
is all too accustomed to natural hazards and disasters. The Caribbean country is regularly battered by tropical storms and floods and has also been struck by powerful earthquakes.
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