Poorer countries most vulnerable from surge in natural disasters, UN report warns
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00:01:08
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English
Subject Topical
CLIMATE CHANGE
NATURAL DISASTERS
POVERTY
WEATHER
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WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION - WMO
Summary

Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years.

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Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting poorer countries, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) stated in their Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes. 

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