Natural/Manmade Disasters of 2023
The top disasters of 2023, ranked by fatalities, were the Turkey-Syria Earthquake (over 55,000 deaths), Storm Daniel in Libya (over 4,000 deaths), Morocco Earthquake (nearly 3,000 deaths), Afghanistan Earthquake (over 1,400 deaths), and Cyclone Freddy (hundreds of deaths in Malawi/Mozambique). These events, alongside others like the Maui wildfires and extensive flooding in China, highlighted severe impacts from seismic activity, extreme weather, and climate change, making […]