Disaster is an undesirable occurrence resulting from forces that are largely outside human control, strikes quickly with little or no warning, which causes or threatens serious disruption of life and ...

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New World Bank-UN publication says cost-effective preventive measures can reduce toll of natural disasters, which caused 3.3 million deaths from 1970 to 2008. By 2100, even without climate change, ...

Disasters are no longer rare, isolated shocks. They are an escalating development challenge. In 2024 alone, global economic losses from disasters reached record levels, with the poorest countries hit ...

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