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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As of 7 July, over 40 people have been killed, 61 injured and 60 houses damaged by flash floods in Pakistan. Armed clashes in Afghanistan have displaced more than 20,200 people.
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The report highlights the continuing impact that disasters have on education by profiling the earthquakes in Nepal, floods in Indonesia and Myanmar, Typhoon Koppu, and Cyclone Pam.
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According to the IDMC, just 10 countries accounted for more than two-thirds of the total. In addition, there were 8.6 million new cases during 2015.
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According to a new report by ESCAP, the region accounted for over half the world’s 344 disasters in 2015, resulting in over 16,000 deaths with 59 million people affected.
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Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the Philippines experience severe drought, while large numbers of people are reliant on water deliveries in the Pacific and Indonesia's rains are late.
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According to the Government, about 2.4 million people are affected by drought, of which 1 million people live iin the most severely affected regions.
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Nearly 714,000 people remain displaced two weeks after Typhoon Koppu. In Papua New Guinea about 2.4 million people are affected by drought.
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According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), Tropical Cyclone Koppu has affected nearly 2.4 million persons, over half a million families.
The Government estimates damage to agriculture and infrastructure at about US$157 million. Among the hardest hit are rice and vegetable farmers in Nueva Ecija, Pampanga and Bulacan.
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Typhoon Koppu makes landfall leaving 2 people dead and 104,000 people evacuated. In Vanuatu, 90,000 people are receiving food assistance as an El Nino plan is being finalized.
Following a typhoon, children face risks from contaminated water sources, lack of food, epidemics such as cholera, hypothermia, diarrhea and pneumonia, the UN agency warns.