1. Philippines
World risk index: 26.70%
Rank: 3
The Philippines are at the very top of the list of countries prone to natural disasters due to its geographical position. It is the country most exposed to tropical storms in the world. Did you know that violent tropical storms can generate ten times as much energy as the Hiroshima atomic bomb? In other words, destructive power lurking over the Philippines is immense. The Bohol earthquake in 2013 damaged 73,000 houses, killed 222 and injured 976 people. Typhoon Bopha caused more than $1 billion damage and killed more than 600 people. Typhoon Fengshen in 2008 damaged more than 155,000 households and caused damage to agriculture and fisheries ($76.4 million), schools ($4.9 million), fishing boats ($2.5 million) and infrastructure ($17.4 million). In 2011 death toll caused by typhoon Washi reached 1,249, but that was not the final number. A number of human victims and economic damage caused by natural disasters in the Philippines is continuously crippling its growth, and it seems that very little can be done to prevent future hazards. We’ve come to an end of our list of top 10 natural disaster prone countries with the worst, most costly disasters in the world and it is sad how little can be done to prevent natural disasters from occurring again. Although some countries found effective coping strategies, developing countries are crippled by their inability to cover the costs of disasters that destroy their lands.
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