More Frequent Disasters

Date01 February 2022
22022 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REPORTER 52 ELR 10077
BEYOND WORDS
More Frequent Disasters
Days Between Billion-Dollar Disasters
1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
Source: Climate Central, Disaster Fatigue (Oct. 6, 2021),
https://medialibrary.climatecentral.org/resources/disaster-fatigue.
Note: Average number of days between billion-dollar disasters in a calendar year.
No disaster occurred in 1987 and only one in 1988.
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40
20
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