Over the last 100 plus years the economic losses from natural disasters, in absolute terms, have increased significantly. More than 7 trillion US dollars economic loss and 8 million deaths occurred by natural disasters since the start of the 20th century due to over 35 thousand natural disaster events since 1900 globally. Around a third of economic losses between 1900 and 2015 have been caused by floods. Earthquakes have caused around 26 percent of losses, storms around 19 percent, and volcanic eruptions around 1 percent. However, in recent times, since 1960, the highest percentage has switched to storm (and storm surge) with around 30 percent of losses (Luis, 2016).
Source: Statista (2018) (https://www.statista.com)