BIGGEST NATURAL DISASTERS
Dec 23, 2021
3 minutes
WORDS SCOTT DUTFIELD
Over the last decade, global natural disasters have accounted for 0.1 per cent of total deaths. Around 60,000 people die each year as a result of disasters such as drought, floods and earthquakes, and a further 150 million people are impacted by them.
A ‘natural disaster’ is characterised as a sudden event in nature, usually resulting in serious damage and loss of life. These events include geophysical hazards such as earthquakes and volcanic activity, climatological events such as wildfires and droughts and weather related incidents such as storms and cyclones. Here are eight of the
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