The Human Cost of Natural Disasters

Between 1994 and 2013, EM-DAT recorded 6,873 natural disasters worldwide, which claimed 1.35 million lives or almost 68,000 lives on average each year. In addition, 218 million people were affected by natural disasters on average per annum during this 20-year period.     In CRED’s view, EM-DAT data presented in this report point to several major conclusions:   • […]

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