The deadly disaster in Spain is one of the most significant in Europe in recent years. But we tend to forget that even more catastrophic weather events have occurred recently, and often on the Old Continent.
Site Global climate attribution Compiled the worst disasters. Weather reportWeather report The last 20 years on the map. And many of the 10 deadliest natural phenomena since 2004 have occurred in Europe, particularly in France:
- Drought in the Horn of Africa caused 258,000 deaths in 2011.
- Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar killed 138,000 in 2008
- wave of The heatThe heat There were 55,000 deaths in Russia in 2010.
- A heat wave in Europe could cause 53,000 deaths in 2022
- Heatwave in Europe to kill 37,000 in 2023
- 12,000 deaths in Libya due to heavy rains in 2023
- In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan killed 7,000 people in the Philippines.
- In 2013, 6000 people died due to heavy rains in India.
- 4,000 people died in Bangladesh in 2007 due to Cyclone Sudar.
- A heat wave in France killed 3,000 people in 2015.
Europe is over-represented in the classification of natural disasters.
Upon discovering this hierarchy, one reality jumps out. The eyesThe eyes : Europe is overrepresented when it comes to worst disasters. Apart from storms and heavy rains, heat waves have caused the most deaths, especially on the European continent. A discovery that is not so surprising given that Europe is warming four times faster than the global average!
