UN report finds 90 per cent of disasters are weather-related

<> UN report finds 90 per cent of disasters are weather-related - A new report issued by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) shows that over the last 20 years, 90 per cent of major disasters have been caused by 6,457 recorded floods, storms, heatwaves, droughts and other weather-related events -- the report, entitled The Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters -- since 1995, 606,000 lives have been lost and 4.1 billion people have been injured, left homeless or in need of emergency assistance as a result of weather-related disasters Report: The Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters Extreme Weather Tied to Over 600,000 Deaths Over 2 Decades – Article from the New York Times