Natural disasters affect the food system in direct and in-direct ways: destroying crops and farms and amounting to billions of dollars in damage.
2011 has seen a significant number of extreme natural disasters that have left tens of billions of dollars in damage in the US. Some recently published reports present the figures over the last few decades.
Changes in population centers in flood plains, severe droughts and wild fires, tornados, floods, hurricanes and other disasters are becoming more expensive as urban areas grow and as people move to areas that are prone to disaster. Climate change also has a partial role in the increase.
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