CRED Crunch 54: Disasters 2018: Year in Review

Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, a WHO Collaborating Centre (CRED). Published: 4/2019. This two-page fact sheet, co-published with the U.S. Agency for International Development, provides statistics on disasters in 2018, including the number of disasters, fatalities, people affected, and economic damages. It details the types of disasters, and a map illustrates where the disasters took place. Tables depict the top 10 countries in each of these statistics. (PDF)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news