2010 Deadliest for natural disasters in a generation
2010 Deadliest for natural disasters in a generation This was the year the Earth struck back. Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, volcanoes, super typhoons, blizzards, landslides and droughts killed at least a quarter of a million people in 2010 -- the deadliest year in more than a generation. More people were killed worldwide by natural disasters this year than have been killed in terrorism attacks in the past 40 years combined. How deadly www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/2010-deadliest-for-natural-disasters-in-a-generation/article1843950/ Natural disasters caused big losses for insurers in 2010. The catastrophes show evidence of climate change, reinsurer Munich Re says. www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-catastrophe-cost-20110104,0,6535269.story Go Bag Guidelines www.ready.illinois.gov/before/gobag.htm
