Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2017 shows that the greatest impacts of disasters are in countries which have the least capacity to prepare or respond to these events.
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Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2017 shows that the greatest impacts of disasters are in countries which have the least capacity to prepare or respond to these events.
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Nearly 120 people have been killed in Afghanistan, where 22 provinces have been hit hard. In the north-eastern province of Nooristan, bordering Pakistan, at least 45 people in one village have perished.
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The World Meteorological Organization this week singled out “considerable concern” about the impact of El Niño on the Amazon basin in the context of long-term climate change.
Intense rainfall caused river levels to rise, which led to flooding in the central and north-eastern parts of the country. Approximately, 6,184 people were evacuated and 5,000 people self-evacuated.