简介:Globally,around6,457weather-relateddisasters,suchasearthquakes,floods,cyclones,andlandslides,claimed606,000livesandaffectedmorethanfourbillionpeoplebetween1995and2015,accordingtoaninternationaldisasterdatabase.AccordingtotheCentreforResearchontheEpidemiologyofDisasters(CRED),since2015,when346weather-relateddisasterswerereported,thesefigureshavebeenincreasing,withapproximately205millionpeoplenowaffectedeachyear.Tragically,thestatisticextremelyelevatedin2017,inwhichcatastrophicnaturallosseswere93percenthigherthanthe2000-2016average(knowledgeplatformfordisasterriskreduction,2018).Thesestatisticsdonotincludecasualtiesarisingfromnon-natural,human-madedisasters,suchaswar,stampedes,terrorism,transportaccidents,andeveninfectiousoutbreaks.