In the course of the year, 290 natural disasters killed around 16 000 people and affected over 100 million worldwide.​[6]​ Hydrological events such as floods and landslides were responsible for over half the deaths.
Tijekom godine u 290 prirodnih katastrofa poginulo je oko 16 000 ljudi, a više od 100 milijuna ljudi širom svijeta bilo je pogođeno njihovim posljedicama​[6]​.