The South and South-West Asia disaster risk landscape is being reshaped by hazards under the disaster-climate-health nexus, increasing the vulnerability of populations to such hazards.
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The South and South-West Asia disaster risk landscape is being reshaped by hazards under the disaster-climate-health nexus, increasing the vulnerability of populations to such hazards.
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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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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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Asia and the Pacific witnessed 119 disaster events in 2014, but effective cyclone early warning systems, together with enhanced preparedness, saved countless lives, says ESCAP.