Number left homeless from natural disasters, 1900 to 2022
Global number of people left homeless from natural disaster events. This is defined as "number of people whose house is destroyed or heavily damaged and thereforeneed shelter after an event."
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- Global injuries from natural disasters
- Global natural disaster death rates
- Global number affected by natural disasters
- Global precipitation anomaly
- Global reported natural disasters by type
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- Number of recorded natural disaster events
- Number of significant volcanic eruptions
- Number of wildfires in the United States
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- Share of US land area with unusually high summer temperatures
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