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Displacement due to natural hazard-induced disasters: Global estimates for 2009 and 2010 (June 2011)

Publication Date: June 2011

Over 42 million people across the world were forced to flee due to disasters triggered by sudden-onset natural hazards in 2010, according to this study by IDMC. In 2009, 17 million people were displaced by such disasters, and 36 million in 2008.

Report: Displacement due to natural hazard-induced disasters: Global estimates for 2009 and 2010
Press release: 42 million displaced by sudden natural disasters in 2010




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