Bad things do happen in the world, like war, natural disasters, disease. But out of those situations always arise stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
-Daryn Kagan
Weather Related Issues
What it means
Did you know?
Natural disasters displace approximately 27 million people every decade
The natural disasters that displace the most people are floods and storms, displacing around 80% of this population.
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In 2017, 40,000 people were displaced due to Hurricane Harvey in the United States
These people were displaced mostly from the southern United States, but the effects of the displacement reached across the central United States as well.
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In Popular Culture
Movies
- Twister
- The Impossible
Songs
- Nights - Frank Ocean
Books
- The Children's Blizzard
- Nation