Key findings for the year 2018:
- Country most Affected: India (23.9 million people in India were affected by disasters).
- Top 2 Countries affected by Total Death Toll: Indonesia (4,535) followed by India (1,388).
- Seismic activity including earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic activity accounted for the majority of the 10,373 lives lost in disasters.
- Extreme weather events accounted for most of 61.7 million people affected by natural hazards.
- Floods continued to affect the largest number of people,4 million people, including 23 million people in Kerala, India. They caused 2,859 deaths including India (504).
- Storms affected 12.8 million people last year and caused a recorded 1,593 deaths. It is anticipated that storms will be the costliest type of disaster of 2018 once final economic losses are compiled.
- Wildfires in Europe and North America claimed a record number of lives as Greece (126) had the deadliest European wildfire on record, and the United States (88) had its deadliest wildfire in over a century.
- Drought affected 9.3 million people worldwide.
