In 2021, the most fatal natural disaster was the earthquake in Haiti on August 14th which claimed 2,248 lives. Natural disasters claimed around 10,500 lives globally that year and resulted in 343 billion U.S. dollars in economic losses.
Highest number of deaths from natural disaster events globally in 2021
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