Deadly Natural Disasters Have Increased Five-Fold Over 50 Years Due to Climate Change
Hurricane Ida hitting Louisiana.Photo: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Deadlynatural disastersare impacting communities all over the world — and it’s now happening more than ever before. In a press release on Wednesday,The United Nationsannounced that the number of natural disasters has increased five-fold over a 50-year period due to climate change and the rise of extreme weather events. Citing a report from theWorld Meteorological Organization (WMO)‘sAtlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes, more than 11,000 disasters struck globally, resulting in over two million deaths — 91% of which occurred in developing countries — and $3....