Natural Disasters - Forecasting Hurricane Occurrence,
Economic and Life Losses
Natural disasters are a "growth" industry. Sinse the 1960s,
economic losses from natural disasters on a global scale have tripled,
while insured losses have quintupled. (after Berz, 1992, Natural Hazards,
5, 95-102)
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