Wow!! Over the last 14 months there has been a five-fold increase in reported landslides in the United Kingdom. Volcanic activity is on the rise world wide also. Inland flooding that affected parts of Europe, Asia, Canada and Australia caused about 47 percent of overall global losses. The deadliest disaster out of 460 recorded "natural hazard events" worldwide was a series of flash floods in northern India and Nepal that killed more than 1,000 people in June after early and exceptionally heavy monsoon rains. By far the most expensive natural disaster was the river flooding that hit southern and eastern Germany and neighboring countries in May and June, causing more than $16 billion in damage, most of it in Germany. Tornado activity has been well below normal....thank goodness
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 10:48:14 +0000
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