LANG 2010 - English for Science I

To answer "What is the implication or importance of addressing this problem?", you  need to find disaster statistics & facts to support your arguments.

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) maintains a comprehensive website "PreventionWeb" which acts as the global knowledge sharing platform for disaster risk reduction and resilience. In the following you will learn how to find news and statistics in PreventionWeb effectively. 

Disaster Data & Statistics - from PreventionWeb

Knowledge Base - from PreventionWeb

Why and How to use PreventionWeb to find news and report (1 min 43 sec)

In addition to PreventionWeb, the following are alternative quick sources of disaster statistics and facts. 

• Disaster Statistics from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) 
  • EM-DATA  - Create data sets based on disaster type, geographic region, etc.
  • UNISDR terminology on disaster risk reduction
• Dashboards from the World Health Organization (WHO)
• Natural Disaster  Statistics & Facts  -  from Statista (provides some free-of-charge information)
• World Disasters Reports  -  annual reports from the Red Cross & Red Crescent
  • Very quick & good source of top 5 disasters for the year, etc.
• Environmental Indicators -  from the United Nations Statistics Division. Scroll to "Natural Disaster" & download excel data on type of disaster

Here are more news sources you may search for natural disasters. 

Library News Databases

• Factiva
• WiseNews : 電子剪報

Disaster related news:

• BBC - Natural Disasters
• Geo Science Australia - Hazards
• National Geographic - Natural Disasters
• Australian disasters
• New York Times Topics: Disasters  ​
• UN - Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Assistance