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Natural disasters displaced more people than war in 2013, study finds

2014-09-17 11:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Natural disasters displaced three times as many people as war last year even as 2013 was a horrific year for conflict with 22 million people driven out of their homes by floods, hurricanes and other hazards, a new study has found. Twice as many people now lose their homes to disaster as in the 1970s, and more people move into harms way each year, the study by the Norwegian Refugee Council found. Basically, the combination of mega natural disasters and hundreds of smaller natural disasters...

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