Analyzing Typhoon Haiyan

With the Philippines struck by an average of eight to nine typhoons a year, at a significant yearly cost to their economy, they knew something was imminent. It was only a matter of time. As #3 on the World Risk Report’s list of most at risk countries, it is followed at a distance by both Haiti and Indonesia. The Philippines hold such a high place on the World Risk Report because of a high exposure risk due to its geographic location and its relative poverty. Haiti and Indonesia have a much, much lower exposure risk, though I am only using them as a base line because they have had the most recent major natural disasters and could be on the face considered comparable.