Flooding, often during monsoons and sometimes accompanied by typhoons, caused the most displacement last year, with India, Nigeria and China badly affected. Asia was by far the worst hit region, although hurricane Sandy displaced more than 770,000 people in the US and nearby countries. We highlight the 10 events that resulted in the largest number of displaced people in 2012, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the Norwegian Refugee Council (pdf)

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