According to the latest report by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, economic losses caused by natural disasters are actually at least 10 times higher than expected. Thus, local events that do not result in human casualties are not included in the statistics, and the resulting figures do not fully reflect the real picture.

Acting Director General of the Institute of Geography of the Ministry of Education and Science, Associate Professor, PhD Zaur Imrani, in an interview with Cross Media noted that there are certain inconsistencies in the conduct of scientific analyses and assessments in this area: “The fact that the overall economic losses remain unchanged raises both doubts and questions.

Because the climate change, environmental aggression, deterioration of the environment, increased desertification processes, a decrease in the frequency of natural disasters observed throughout the world, etc., once again prove that these problems are becoming increasingly acute." According to the scientist, official statistics should include, in addition to earthquakes, landslides and floods, other natural disasters, such as mudflows, which cause great damage to agriculture.