economic losses and deaths in Indonesia Thailand Sri Lanka and Somalia
2011 Japanese tsunami
affected = only Japan but the $$ impacts had global consequences
impacts
disruption to ports factories and power supplies impacted global car production supply chin and those of Boeing jets and semiconductors used in modern electronics
2010 eyjafjallajökull eruption
affected = >20 eu countries by total or partial closure of airspace
impacts
ash cloud disrupted air travel bc of the dangers of jet engines ingesting ash
>100,000 cancelled flights costing >1 billion pounds in losses
