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Five forgotten disasters: 2021

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La Palma volcanic eruption in 2021
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Introduction

While COVID-19 has continued to steal attention around the world in 2021, many countries have faced simultaneous natural hazards such as drought, volcanoes, floods, wildfires and earthquakes. We look back at the disasters that struck Afghanistan, China, Haiti, Algeria and the Canary Islands.

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Knowledge base

Eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma, Spain (2021)
Research briefs

Identifying an eruption “tipping point” in hot spot volcanoes

By analyzing lava samples, researchers show how chemical processes that occur during magma’s ascent to the surface may contribute to a volcano’s eruptible state.
Eos - AGU
Wildfires in Algeria
Updates

Algeria suffers from devastating wildfires, but faces big challenges in addressing them

Dozens of forest fires have raged through forest areas across northern Algeria. So far at least 90 people have reportedly died as a consequence.
Conversation Media Group, the
A collapsed church in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti in 2010
Updates

CCRIF to make US$40 million payout to Haiti following devastating August 14 earthquake

CCRIF SPC will make a payout of approximately US$40 million to the Government of Haiti following the devastating magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Haiti on August 14th.
Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, the
Floods in Jiujiang, China in 2017
Updates

Historic Chinese flooding highlights outstanding infrastructure problems

Beginning on July 18, Henan Province saw record levels of flooding that state officials described as a “once in 5,000 year event.
The Jamestown Foundation
The drought-displaced Afghan children fill water containers to carry to their tents from a tanker at a camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Herat province, Afghanistan (2019)
Updates

Bone dry Afghanistan stares at future famines

Climate change, bad water management and decades of conflict have left the country unprepared to face worsening droughts, with many fleeing drought and hunger.
The Third Pole