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The world suffered about 120 natural disasters per year in the early 1980s, which compared with the current figure of about 500 per year, according to the report.
Originally posted by Karlhungis
This article blames global warming, which is kind of unfortunate because people will turn this into a debate over the legitimacy of global warming instead of focusing on the reality of the alarming increase in natural disasters.