Natural Disasters
The Hindu Kush Himalayan region and its downstream areas are amongst the most disaster-prone on Earth, which cause significant adverse impacts on lives and livelihoods. The four largest floods over the period 2000–2013 in the region killed a combined total of more than 10,000 people and displaced over 50 million. Large amounts of rainfall over a short period of time will further increase the risk of floods and landslides; while the continued melting of glaciers is expected to increase the size and number of glacial lakes, translating into greater risk of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs).
Year: 2018
From collection: Graphics from: Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
Cartographer: Nieves López Isquierdo