fires are the leading cause of weather related deaths.
fires are the leading cause of weather related deaths.
what is the leading cause of weather related deaths?
fires
although in 2014, food availability in malawi was on the rise, farmers fell back into food insecurity in 2015. in 2014, the malawi vulnerability assessment committee (mvac) estimated that 640,009 were food insecure compared to 1.46 million the previous year. this decrease in food insecurity was a result of higher food availability in 2014 due to successful harvests, however it did not last long as due to extreme flooding hit malawi in 2015. it is estimated that malawi loses around $12.5 million, or the equivalent of 1% of its gdp each year to drought, and $9 million or 0.7% of its gdp, to flooding in the southern regions of the country. indeed, malawi is not new to weather related disasters, between 1970 and 2006, there were over 40 weather related incidents.
malawian food crisis
drug-related deaths in the united kingdom









































in 2017, 2,503 deaths in england and wales and 934 in scotland were recorded as “drug misuse”. deaths from drugs overtook traffic fatalities in the united kingdom as a leading cause of death in 2008, and the numbers have continued to rise.









































those most likely to die are working class, over 40 and living in de-industrialised areas. rates of death in the most deprived areas are 9 times those in the most prosperous.
drug-related deaths in the united kingdom