
In recent years, the world has seen an increasing frequency of large-scale disasters; major droughts in the U.S. Southwest, Africa and China; flood disasters in the U.S. Midwest, southern Asia, Europe, and China; wildfires in the U.S. and Europe; and an increased number and intensity of hurricanes and typhoons affecting the Caribbean, the U.S. Southeast and Northeast, and South and East Asia.
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