• Hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes might seem like the most dangerous natural hazards you could ever face, but floods and droughts actually kill more over time.
  • Better predictions for hurricanes and other tropical cyclones, as well as tornadoes, have reduced the death tolls from such events in recent decades. But flooding deaths are on the rise.
  • Victims often underestimate the power of water when driving into flooded areas.
  • Heat waves rarely make lists of the deadliest natural disasters, but in modern times their death tolls have surpassed other phenomena.
  • Over half of all deaths from natural disasters worldwide are due to drought and famine, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  • Droughts and floods could take a higher toll in the future as global warming increases the prevalence of these events in certain areas, scientists say.

 

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