Natural disasters on a global scale are becoming more frequent, thanks to an onslaught of weather-related crises in the first half of this year, which might make 2008 the most disastrous year ever in terms of climatic catastrophes.
According to a report in the Environmental News Network, the total number of disasters as of June 30, 2008 already exceeds the average number of disasters recorded at mid-year over the past decade.
Image: Locals walk past collapsed buildings along a street in the worst earthquake-hit area of Beichuan county, in China's southwestern province of Sichuan. The quake killed more than 69,000 people and caused an estimated 20 billion dollars in damages.
Photograph : Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Images
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