- The number of natural disasters have quadrupled in the past 30 years
- The total cost of damage caused by natural disasters in the 1990's reached over 650 billion dollars
- The cost of damage caused by disasters is 15 times higher than it was 50 years ago
- Floods are the most frequent natural disaster in Canada
- The Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean is known to consist of 90 percent of the total 1900 active volcanoes all over the world