Volcanic Activity & Wildfires CRED CRUNCH55

In the past two decades, volcanic activity and wildfires have been some of the least impactful disasters worldwide. This is evident when compared to other types of disasters, such as floods or earthquakes. From 2000 to 2016, volcanic activity and wildfires combined caused 1,648 deaths, affected approximately 5.8 million people, and cost $41 billion in damages. In comparison during the same period, earthquakes resulted in 700,000+ deaths, floods affected 1.5 billion people, and storms caused $802 billion in damages. However, in 2017 and 2018, wildfires and volcanic activity made global headlines as a result of multiple tragedies that took the lives of hundreds and left billions of dollars in damage along the way.