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Five forgotten disasters: 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.