Cabinet Office Publishes Disaster Risk List

Terrorist attacks more likely but pandemic would be more 'catastrophic'

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Oliver Dowden, speaks to the media as he departs BBC Broadcasting House in London on March 19, 2023. Victoria Jones/PA

The Cabinet Office on Thursday published its latest risk assessment of potential disasters, ranging from drone attacks to another global pandemic.

It’s the first time the published National Risk Register (NRR) included details that would have been classified in previous issues, such as attacks on gas infrastructure in Ukraine and threats to undersea transatlantic telecommunications cables.