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How are extreme weather events increasingly hazardous for people? (b) Categorise
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Developing and emerging countries
Developed countries
Likely to have well-developed forecasting systems in place using modern technologies and computer weather modelling
Likely to have a very developed warning network
Generally a lower level of vulnerability
Likely to have built defensive structures such as storm surge defences to protect coastal cities
Coastal defences such as storm surge barriers are likely to be less developed
Likely high relative costs of tropical cyclones (e.g. high number of deaths and injuries, and housing destroyed)
May have to rely upon the international community for support and assistance in terms of forecasting, search and rescue, provision of aid, etc.
More likely to be able to take on the clean-up and rescue themselves because of the countries' greater wealth
In some countries, warning and evacuation practices may be less developed (although this is not always the case)
Generally a greater level of vulnerability
Likely high financial cost because of the large amount of potential infrastructure and valuable property that could be destroyed