From 1970 to 2019, 44 percent of the world's reported climate disasters were floods, followed by storms at 35 percent. In addition to these, there were droughts, extreme temperatures, landslides, and wildfires. These have become the major climate disasters that threaten humanity.
Distribution of weather, climate, and water related disasters reported between 1970 and 2019, by type
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