What exactly are the chances of you being in a natural disaster?
- In 2014, there were 317 natural disasters reported
- Those 317 disasters affected 94 countries. There are 196 countries in the world today. That's means about 47% of all countries in the world were affected. That's almost half!
- From 2005-2014 (9 years) there have been 1,242 disasters in the Americas alone.
- 846 in Europe
- 2,556 in Asia
- 1,522 in Africa
- 147 in Oceania
- In those same 9 years: 1,753 floods
- 1,252 Earthquakes
- 988 storms
- 262 Heatwaves
- 223 Droughts And those are just the top 5
- Ebola itself killed 8,600 in West Africa in one year.