UN study: Vast majority of world disasters caused by weather

UN study: Vast majority of world disasters caused by weather Geneva, Switzerland (UPI) Nov 23, 2015 - A new United Nations report aims to shine the light on the human and economic costs of weather-related disasters. Of the thousands of disasters nations have suffered over the last two decades, 90 percent have be weather-related. The majority have been caused by floods, storms, heatwaves and droughts. But the costs of these disasters, the study's authors point out, aren't well est ... more

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