A couple of years ago, two geographers created one of the most chilling maps you’ll ever see – it shows what kinds of natural hazards are most likely to kill you in America.

As the chart shows, very few people die from epidemics today compared to the early 1900's, which saw disasters like the 1918 flu pandemic that killed 50 to 100 million.

A blog of my opinions. Plus charts and cats. Commentary; October 2, 2018. Chart of the Day: Natural Disasters Are Getting More Disastrous ...

THE world has succeeded in making natural disasters less deadly. Annual death tolls are heavily influenced by outliers, such as Haiti's earthquake in 2010 (which killed more than 200,000) or the ...

4 charts show how Kentucky's natural disasters are becoming more common. And expensive. Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal. Mon, September 12, 2022 at 7:00 PM UTC. 4 min read.

This chart shows the average number of days it takes to start a small or medium-size business, by region. According to the World Bank's 2018 Doing Business Report, the amount of time has been cut ...

Chart of the day: Bushfires, cyclones and floods put Australia in the world's natural disaster top 10 By business reporter Stephen Letts Posted Fri 30 Nov 2018 at 11:16am Friday 30 Nov 2018 at 11 ...

Since 2015, Tariq Khokhar, a data scientist, has been compiling an annual list of top charts from the World Bank. It's a mix of the group's most popular research and what's been trending in the ...