Historical Hazards
The major climate-related natural hazards impacting the Marshall Islands are sea level rise, droughts, and tropical storms and typhoons. The impacts of natural hazards in the Republic of the Marshall Islands are exacerbated by the underlying conditions of vulnerability, including extremely high population density, high levels of poverty, low elevation, and a weak economic base, among others.
This section provides a summary of key natural hazards and their associated socioeconomic impacts in a given country. And it allows quick evaluation of most vulnerable areas through the spatial comparison of natural hazard data with development data, thereby identifying exposed livelihoods and natural systems.
The charts provide overview of the most frequent natural disaster in a given country and understand the impacts of those disasters on human populations.
Metadata
Climate change is now recognized to have a significant impact on disaster management efforts and pose a significant threat to the efforts to meet the growing needs of the most vulnerable populations. The demands of disaster risk management are such that concise, clear, and reliable information is crucial. The information presented here offers insight into the frequency, impact and occurrence of natural hazards. Source (PDF)