Natural disasters are on the rise, and so is their severity. In the 1980s, there was an average of 3 disasters per year that caused over a billion dollars’ worth of damage. In the 2010s, there were 13 per year on average. In addition to property damage, injury and loss of life, natural disasters also play havoc with communications systems. Read here how satellite communications systems can help provide redundancy in the event of terrestrial network failure.