Cyclones

Economic: Economic impacts of cyclones

Insurance

Losses to insurance companies: example: new Orleans.

 In the 2005 cyclone in new Orleans the insurance companies could not afford to pay out their customers. They now do not offer home and contents insurance if you buys a house in louisana.

It is highly risky to grant a mortgage to a household without insurance.

Therefore, buying land is near impossible.

This leads to an enormous decline in house prices, and the financial decline of all people who live in this area, leading to a decline in tax revenue for the government, and the depletion of every aspect of public services from a lack of revenue.

A decline is wealth decreases the likelihood of people being able to find a job.

Regional government

Regional government have to ensure that all of the correct services are receved and that the resontruction effort is conducte correctly. This can cause enourmous budgetary strain.

Example: in the 2010 floods and cyclones in queensland, the federal government wanted to continue the effort to rebuild, however they also wished to ensure that they meet their goal of reaching a surplus by 2012

Social:Social affects from Tropical Cyclones

·         The destruction of buildings, resulting in people finding themselves homeless.

·         The wiping out of businesses or agricultural crops. Some families could be left without an income.

·         Tropical cyclones would result in loss of lives and death.

·         There would be a loss of food supplies can which could lead to starvation. The water may be contaminated which would affect people’s health.

·         The cost of living would increase. Food, petrol etc. These would cost more.

Environmental: Environmental impacts of a Cyclone

1.       Alternate Factors

Cyclones have the ability to cause several other natural occurrences... These include floods, strong winds, heavy rain, and many other atmospherically disastrous events

2.       Widespread Destruction

Cyclones cause widespread destruction. They have the ability to ruin forests and natural reefs; basically areas of environmental significance. As forests can become uprooted and reefs can be totally destroyed.

3.       Dispersing Life

As a result of a cyclone life can end up in places it otherwise wouldn’t. Seeds can be dispersed over sea, causing life to sprout in unusual places. In some cases fish or frogs have been reported to rain from the sky! This can damage the local environment; plants can be considered pests in alternate countries.

4.       Loss of life

Some of the effects of a cyclone can be quite obvious. Especially the loss of animal life. The morning following Cyclone Tracy, silence was reported. In areas usually rich in bird life, the lack of noise was quite disturbing.

5.        Waste distribution

Cyclones can cause a lot of damage. Appropriately the majority of rubbish and waste the cyclone collects is distributed over a large amount of area. Because of the fact that cyclones are often located near the coast this waste is distributed [mostly] into the ocean. Additionally sewage can be made to leak, once again into the ocean. This contaminates the water, causing disruption  to the food chain.