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Economic Losses from Natural Disasters Total in the Trillions

Posted on April 28, 2016

Blog: National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)

A new calculation by scientists estimates that natural disasters around the globe have resulted in roughly $7 trillion in economic losses since 1900. Their research also ascribes more than 8 million deaths to natural disasters. Such analysis, pulled from the new Integrated Historical Global Catastrophe Database, should assist governments and local public health with crisis planning […]

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