Disaster Relief

The December 26, 2004, tsunami was triggered by an earthquake off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island. At a magnitude of 9.0, it is the fourth strongest earthquake on record.

CNN

In Africa, 200 million people are threatened by famine or food insecurity.

ReliefWeb

During the Bosnian War, 37.5 million pounds of inappropriate medicines were donated.

CharityGuide.org

Officials estimate 1.2 million people in Darfur were forced from their homes by conflict. They are scattered over an area twice the size of France.

The Lutheran

Thousands of earthquakes occur every day around the globe, most of them too weak to be felt.

National Geographic

Natural catastrophes claimed 11,000 lives throughout the world in 2002 and caused damage estimated at $11.4 billion. Floods accounted for $4.1 billion of that total -- a new record high figure.

Zurich Financial Services

Natural disasters kill one million people around the world each decade, and leave millions more homeless each year.

United Nations