The Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
The titled, "The Human Cost of Weather-Related Disasters," noted that between 2005 and 2015, there were on average 335 weather-related disasters per year, accounting for nearly one per day. The figure is nearly double the amount of weather-related natural disasters reported from 1985 to 1994.
GoLocal and Graphiq teamed up to highlight a number of relevant human and economic consequences found in the report.
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