Disaster statistics reports

The report covers global natural disasters in 2024, focusing on a natural disaster in China in 2024, extreme heat disasters in the Middle East (summer of 2024), and the cross-border economic impacts caused by Typhoon Yagi in 2024.

In Q1 2025, global catastrophe losses hit $83B, led by historic California wildfires and a deadly Myanmar earthquake. Wildfires and earthquakes were the most damaging hazards, spotlighting critical gaps in disaster risk management and insurance coverage.

This 10th edition of the Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) once again presents record-breaking figures, with a global estimate of 83.4 million people living in internal displacement at the end of 2024.

In 2024, climate-driven disasters surged, with extreme heat and floods causing most deaths and damage. Asia and Africa were hardest hit, highlighting the urgent need for climate action and risk management reform. Total damages exceeded $240 billion.

Aon’s Climate and Catastrophe Insight highlights four megatrends impacting business decision making: Trade, Technology, Workforce and, the focus of this report, Weather. Insights from the report can help businesses improve their climate resilience.

The WMO State of the Climate 2024 Update once again issues a Red Alert at the sheer pace of climate change in a single generation, turbo-charged by ever-increasing greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere.

The 2023 report highlights severe disaster losses in China and Asia, as well as rising heat risks in South Asia and Africa. It calls for global collaboration, better early warning systems, resilient infrastructure, and sustainable planning.

The 2024 Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) report presents the data and analysis behind the 75.9 million people living in internal displacement as of the end of 2023.