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14 October 2010
Some statistics on disasters worldwide
Yesterday was the annual United Nations International Day for Disaster Reduction, which this year had a strong urban theme. To highlight the event, which has been somewhat overshadowed by the extraordinary rescue of the Chilean miners, UNISDR put out a press release highlighting the costs of disasters worldwide. The statistics are somewhat sobering: So far in 2010 more than 236,000 people have been killed in disasters 256 million people have …
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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