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Nearly 20 Million People Were Displaced Last Year Because of Extreme Weather
According to a new report by the Norwegian Refugee Council, around the world, people are sixty percent more likely to be displaced by a natural disaster than four decades ago.
Displaced by Drug Violence in Mexico — and Ready to Vote?
Scores of families have fled their homes in Guerrero, becoming "internally displaced" in the violent conflict over the state's poppy trade. But officials say the midterm summer elections will still go on.
Extreme Weather Displaces Far More People Than War — And It's Getting Worse
According to the Norwegian Refugee Council, 22 million people were driven from their homes in 2013 due to natural disasters — three times the number displaced by war and twice as many dislodged by extreme weather in the 1970s.