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2023–present Zambia Cholera: 685 [321] 2023 South Poland Legionellosis outbreak 2023 Poland Legionnaires' disease: 41 [322] [323] African mpox epidemic: 2023–present Worldwide, primarily Africa Mpox: 812 [324] 2023–2024 Bangsamoro measles outbreak: 2023–present Bangsamoro, Philippines Measles: 14 2023–2024 Oropouche virus disease ...
A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc.
2023 natural disasters (11 C, 9 P) Transport disasters in 2023 (5 C) # 2023 disasters in Africa (22 C, 4 P) 2023 disasters in Asia (32 C, 5 P)
Pages in category "2023 natural disasters" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
[22] [23] The Asia-Pacific region is the world's most disaster prone region. [24] A person in Asia-Pacific is five times more likely to be hit by a natural disaster than someone living in other regions. [25] Between 1995 and 2015, the greatest number of natural disasters occurred in America, China and India. [26]
The U.S. has had a record 25 weather disasters so far in 2023, each of which caused at least $1 billion in damage — and a new NASA analysis suggests the year’s extreme weather events may be ...
US wildfires in 2023 were roughly on par with the 10-year average, NOAA said, with more than 55,000 blazes in the past 12 months. Some 2.6 million acres were destroyed, way down from the 10-year ...
"Pioneering Disaster Risk Index (DRI) Tool". United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original on 2014-06-18. Provides key information on all countries in the world. "World's Worst Natural Disasters" Includes list of world's deadliest disasters in history.