BRUSSELS, 24 January, 2019 – In 2018, there were 281 climate-related and geophysical events recorded in the EM-DAT (International Disaster Database) with 10,733 deaths, and over 60 million people...
In August 2018, the state of Kerala in India was hit by severe flash floods, which carried heavy human and economic consequences. Flash floods are a particular type of flood disasters, characterized...
Between 1998 and 2017 climate-related and geophysical disasters killed 1.3 million people and left a further 4.4 billion injured, homeless, displaced or in need of emergency assistance. While the...
UN 20-year review: earthquakes and tsunamis kill more people while climate change is driving up economic losses GENEVA, 10 October 2018 – The last twenty years have seen a dramatic rise of 151% in...
Executive Summary In 2017, 335 natural disasters affected over 95.6 million people, killing an additional 9,697 and costing a total of US $335 billion. This burden was not shared equally, as Asia...
Background and objective: Understanding how natural disasters affect their victims is key to improve prevention and mitigation. Typhoon Haiyan strongly hit the Philippines in 2013. In Leyte, health...
Amongst natural disasters, earthquakes are one of the most lethal kinds due to their unpredictable nature and devastating impact they can have in a matter of seconds. They can occur anywhere, at any...
In 2017, EM-DAT data indicates that 318 natural disasters occurred, affecting 122 countries. The impact of which resulted in 9,503 deaths, 96 million people affected, and US$314 billion in economic...
Preface Floods are amongst the most damaging and recurrent of all disasters. Data reveals that floods are at the top of the list of disasters that should worry us, defying our perceptions about most...
Debarati Guha-Sapir, Philippe Hoyois, Pasacline Wallemacq, and Regina Below General Overview In 2016, 342 disasters triggered by natural hazards were registered, below the 2006-2015 annual average...