Deadly Natural Disasters Have Increased Five-Fold Over 50 Years Due to Climate Change

Hurricane Ida hitting Louisiana.Photo: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Deadlynatural disastersare impacting communities all over the world — and it’s now happening more than ever before. In a press release on Wednesday,The United Nationsannounced that the number of natural disasters has increased five-fold over a 50-year period due to climate change and the rise of extreme weather events. Citing a report from theWorld Meteorological Organization (WMO)‘sAtlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes, more than 11,000 disasters struck globally, resulting in over two million deaths — 91% of which occurred in developing countries — and $3.

Deadly Rip Tides Believed to Be Cause of At Least 11 Drowning Deaths in Florida Panhandle Over Past Two Weeks

Tourists swimming on Panama City Beach, Florida.Photo:Getty Images Getty Images A series of deadly rip tides have claimed the lives of at least 11 people along the Florida Panhandle coast in the past two weeks. “The combination of southwest waves and the strengthening sea breeze will increase wave heights and heighten the rip current risk,” meteorologist Kathryn Procivtold the NBC News on Thursday. “The outgoing tide from midday through early afternoon today will also add to the rip current risk.

Deadly Tornadoes Rip Through Illinois Amazon Facility, Arkansas Nursing Home, and More of the Midwest

Photo: Michael Thomas/Getty At least four people have died after deadly tornadoes struck an Illinois Amazon facility and Arkansas nursing home Friday night. This is in addition toat least 70 killed due to tornadoesin Kentucky. Speaking at a news conference Saturday, Edwardsville police chief Michael Fillback estimated 50 people were inside the Amazon warehouse,The New York Timesreported. Six people have reportedly died. The news outlet added that the building’s roof ripped off and a wall equivalent to the size of a football field collapsed.

Deadly Volcano Was a 'Disaster Waiting to Happen' — and Warnings Were Ignored as Tourism Continued

For one scientist familiar with the New Zealand volcano that erupted on Monday andkilled at least six people, it was “a disaster waiting to happen.” “In 2003 when I stepped into the crater, I got this uncomfortable feeling that this is not a safe place to be,” Ray Cas, professor emeritus at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and a past president of the International Association for Volcanology, tells PEOPLE. “You are immediately in this large amphitheater with very steep walls, it’s a very enclosed space, and if something happens there is almost nowhere you can go,” he says.

Deadpool 3Trailer: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Face Off in First Glimpse ofDeadpool & Wolverine

Deadpool and Wolverine are back in action. “Welcome to the mercury in retrograde of Marvel Phases. #DeadpoolWolverine,” Reynolds wrote on Instagram with the trailer. Hewrote, “The suit hides blood. Also sweat… But today, with Deadpool wrapping, it’s mostly tears. A giant and forever thanks to the cast and crew of our film who battled wind, rain, strikes and @thehughjackman… all under the stalwart leadership of @slevydirect.” “I got to make a movie with my closest pals and that doesn’t happen very often,” he added.