Floods. Monsoons are massive rainstorms which can often bring devastating floods to low ground. Hope I helped!
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The high buildings in NYC are highly vulnerable to hurricanes. High winds can arrive before the hurricane actually hits, and the higher you go, the earlier you feel those winds. Since the city is so big, it is also harder for so many people to evacuate from the hurricanes. NYC had 578 miles of coastline which is a lot of water around for the hurricanes to travel through.
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The discovery of large oil reserves, this is the principal actor that changed the modern countries in the arabian peninsula. One of this examples was the Iraqi War when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.