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Emerging economies facing 'extreme risk' despite natural disaster respite

2013-03-07 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BusinessGreen: It will come as little consolation to the victims of Hurricane Sandy or Typhoon Bopha, but 2012 was the least deadly year for natural disasters in the past decade, according to new figures from risk management firm Maplecroft. The company today reports that fewer than 10,000 people lost their lives as a result of natural disasters last year, meaning fatalities stood at nine per cent of the decadal average of 106,000 deaths a year. The number of recorded natural disaster also fell to 251 events,...

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