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Over the past 20 years disasters have affected 4.4 billion people, caused USD 2 trillion of damage and killed 1.3 million people. Natural disasters affected people living in developing countries and the most vulnerable communities within those countries. Over 95 percent of people killed by natural disasters are from…
By Mami Mizutori
No other region in the world illustrates the now chronic nature of displacement caused by extreme weather events and climate change more than Asia and the Pacific.
Last year, 18.8 million people were forced to run for their lives from floods, storms and earthquakes in 135 countries across the globe.
Once again, it was the most disast…