This statistic shows the number of people affected by the world's most significant storms from 1900 to 2016. The Storm in China on May 14, 2002, affected 100 million people.
Number of people affected by major storms worldwide from 1900 to 2016*
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Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (November 17, 2016). Number of people affected by major storms worldwide from 1900 to 2016* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/267826/number-of-people-affected-by-major-storms-worldwide/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Number of people affected by major storms worldwide from 1900 to 2016*." Chart. November 17, 2016. Statista. Accessed January 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267826/number-of-people-affected-by-major-storms-worldwide/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (2016). Number of people affected by major storms worldwide from 1900 to 2016*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267826/number-of-people-affected-by-major-storms-worldwide/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Number of People Affected by Major Storms Worldwide from 1900 to 2016*." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Nov 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/267826/number-of-people-affected-by-major-storms-worldwide/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), Number of people affected by major storms worldwide from 1900 to 2016* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/267826/number-of-people-affected-by-major-storms-worldwide/ (last visited January 06, 2025)
Number of people affected by major storms worldwide from 1900 to 2016* [Graph], Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), November 17, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/267826/number-of-people-affected-by-major-storms-worldwide/
