Number Of Weather-Related Disasters Quadrupled Over Past 20 Years –


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7111623.stm

Sources: 1. Oxfam International “From Weather Alert to Climate Alarm.” November 2007. 2. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies “World Disaster Reports 2004-6.” Graph reproduced with permission from the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) “Disaster Risk Reduction: Global Review 2007” http://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/gar/global-review; data from EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database www.em-dat.net and analysis by P. Peduzzi, UN/ISDR.

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