The first decade of the twenty-first century has considerably raised an awareness of the potential danger to modern civilization from disasters, both natural disasters and those resulting from intentional human activities. The 2003 hurricane season was the sixth most active on record. The hurricane season of 2004 was one of the deadliest and costliest ever for the Atlantic Ocean basin. Four hurricanes raged across the state of Florida with two of them making landfall near the same spot within a few weeks of one another. And in 2005 there were seven major hurricanes including Hurricane Wilma, the most intense storm ever itwas in theGulf of Mexico,.
