The year 2007 saw a record number of weather - related disasters for which the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs issued 14 emergency appeals ​ — 4 more than the previous record, set in 2005.
सन्‌ 2005 में संयुक्‍त राष्ट्र के राहत - कार्यलय ने आपातकालीन मदद के लिए 10 दरख्वास्त की थी, मगर सन्‌ 2007 में यह बढ़कर 14 हो गयीं ।