Erick Burgueño Salas
Research expert covering climate change and the water industry
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In 2020, storms were the cause of death to more than 1.7 thousand people across the globe. In the past three decades, the highest annual deathtoll due to storms was registered in 1991, when storm events were responsible for the death of more than 146 thousand people worldwide. That year, a massive cyclone hit Bangladesh, becoming one of the deadliest storms of the century. The death count due to storms was also remarkably high in 2008, mainly associated with a cyclone which hit Myanmar in May.
