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Disasters affect 100 million people in 2015
12.02.2016 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Within 2015 the natural disasters affected almost 100 million people worldwide, UN experts said yesterday, and warned warning that 2015 - the hottest year on record - is a sign for governments to take action now, UN Radio reports.
As to the report, the latest data, released by the UNISDR (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) in partnership with the CRED (Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disaster), shows that the most disaster-hit countries in the previous 12 months were China, India, Philippines and Indonesia.
Reportedly, in economic terms, UNISDR estimates that natural disasters cost around US$66 milliard. Colossal as these figures might be, they are in fact much below the 10-year average.
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