Floods & Droughts

Key Facts

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Over the past century, floods and droughts have accounted for 94% of all fatalities due to extreme weather events1
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Between May and August 2010 severe flooding in China affected more than 230 million people.2
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In July 2012, after a prolonged drought, the United States Department of Agriculture declared natural disaster areas in more than 1,000 counties and 26 states, making it the largest natural disaster in America ever.3

Sources:
1Death and Death Rates Due to Extreme Weather Events, Global and U.S. Trends, 1900–2006 Indur M. Goklany  Civil Society Coalition on Climate Change http://www.csccc.info/reports/report_23.pdf
Xinhua news agency
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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