India, June 6 -- The number of people that died on account of natural disasters was 3,080 in 2024-25, the highest since 2013-14 according to a provisional estimate of the number from the Disaster Management (DM) division of the Union home ministry, although the number is likely to be a significant underestimate, if past trend data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) is any indication. The latest number is 18% more than the provisional number for 2023-24; and the highest since 2013-14, when it was 5,677. In fact, the 2024-25 figure is the fourth highest since 2001-02, the earliest year for which the EnviStats report gives data. To be sure, the DM division numbers are a gross under-estimate of total deaths from natural disasters in India.htc...