

This represents around 0.1% of global deaths. If we look at the average over the past decade, approximately 45,000 people globally died from natural disasters each year.

The number of deaths from natural disasters can be highly variable from year-to-year some years pass with very few deaths before a large disaster event claims many lives. Wildfire acres burned in the United States.Share of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national strategies.Share of US land area with unusually low winter temperatures.Share of US land area with unusually high summer temperatures.Share of US land area with unusually high annual precipitation.Share of US land area that experienced extreme one-day precipitation.Score of adoption and implementation of national strategies for managing disaster risk.Rate of deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters.Precipitation anomaly in the United States.Power Dissipation Index (PDI) of North Atlantic cyclones.People displaced internally by natural disasters.Number of wildfires in the United States.Number of significant volcanic eruptions.Number of recorded natural disaster events.Number of local governments that adopt disaster risk reduction strategies.Number of known significant earthquakes.

