Natural disasters and their impactsNatural risk is constantly increasing, more hurricanes and floods are predicted due to global climate change. Currently, every year on average, natural disasters leave around 4 million people homeless and kill 128,000 people worldwide, without even taking into consideration the damage they cause and the cost it entails for the world. world economy. Every year, developing countries accept $35 billion in damages from natural disasters from the rest of the world. There is no doubt that natural disasters have a significant impact on the world, whether developing or already developed. The magnitude of this effect will always depend on several factors, the main factor being where in the world the hazard occurs, i.e. a developed or developing country. This can determine the degree of preparedness of the area in which it occurs, and therefore the severity of the impact on the country, because obviously the more prepared a country is for an event, the less drastic it will be when it finally occurs, as they can do it. take adequate precautions to try to prevent this from causing complete devastation. Not only will this differ in the two countries, but also public knowledge will change, again putting less developed countries at a disadvantage. So, to try and answer the question posed I will need to look at a variety of different hazards that affect us, I will include earthquakes, volcanoes and tropical cyclones. For each of these risks, I will examine the preparation undertaken by each country and their general risk management for a former runaway country. The technology and communications between people in the MEDC far exceeds that of other poorer countries, and populations are therefore infinitely better prepared for crises like these and will be warned, often, well before they occur. actually occur. All of these things add up to why the impact of disasters varies between the two country examples, and why some devastate some countries and leave others virtually untouched, even though they have the same characteristics. This is why the number of deaths in one country can be exorbitant for a minor event, while on the other side of the world there can be few victims for a much more drastic event. However, this is not the final deciding point and there are other things to consider that may be important in deciding how serious the problem is, but it is certainly a problem..