This Sigma report gives a global and regional overview of catastrophes in 2013 when almost 26,000 people died in disasters. It also takes a special look at fostering climate change resilience. Typhoon Haiyan was the biggest humanitarian catastrophe of the
Swiss Reinsurance Company,Climate & Development Knowledge Network. Natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2013: large losses from floods and hail; Haiyan hits the Philippines. 2014-01-01.