Human Cost of Disasters
An Overview of the Last 20 Years 2000-2019
Abstract
The last twenty years has seen the number of major floods more than double, from 1,389 to 3,254, while the incidence of storms grew from 1,457 to 2,034. Floods and storms were the most prevalent events. The report “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019” also records major increases in other categories including drought, wildfires and extreme temperature events. There has also been a rise in geo-physical events including earthquakes and tsunamis which have killed more people than any of the other natural hazards under review in this report.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Who are we
Introduction. Disaster risk reduction in the 21st century
Disasters 2000-2019
Human cost of disasters
Impacts of disaster events by country
Disasters & National income
Counting the economic cost
Appendix
Acknowledgements
Who are we
Introduction. Disaster risk reduction in the 21st century
Disasters 2000-2019
Human cost of disasters
Impacts of disaster events by country
Disasters & National income
Counting the economic cost
Appendix
Acknowledgements
