480,000 People Were Killed by Extreme Weather Over the Past 20 Years: Report

Why Global Citizens Should Care

An estimated 480,000 people were killed by roughly 11,000 extreme weather events between 2000 and 2019, according to a report by the think tank Germanwatch. 

The catastrophic toll of extreme weather falls primarily on developing countries that lack the infrastructure and resources to cope with the impact. In fact, eight of the 10 countries most affected by extreme weather during this period are categorized…