Disaster has develop into extra commonplace, in accordance with information from a brand new United Nations report. Not solely that, however people are largely chargeable for the rising variety of disasters, that are solely going to develop into much more frequent, the report warns.
Wanting again, from 1970 to 2000, the world averaged between 90 and 100 disasters reported per yr, in accordance with the report printed at the moment by the United Nations Workplace for Catastrophe Danger Discount (UNDRR). That grew tremendously from 2001 to 2020, to between 350 to 500 disasters a yr.
That features disasters brought on by hazards like earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, excessive climate, crop plagues, epidemics, and extra (the UN counted organic, geophysical, and climate…
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