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WMO’s The State of climate in Asia 2022 report
August 1 , 2023
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- Asia is the world’s most disaster-prone region and more than 50 million people were directly affected due to 81 weather-, climate- and water-related disasters in Asia during 2022.
- The number of reported disaster events in the region decreased in comparison to 2021.
- Some 5,879 Asians died due to natural disasters in 2022.
- This is almost 55 per cent more than the human deaths recorded in 2021 across the region.
- A whopping 52 million people on the continent were affected due to disasters in 2022.
- This too is an increase from the 48.3 million affected in 2021.
- The economic cost of the damage due to these events has been more than $ 36 billion.
- Pakistan accounted for 42 per cent of this, with economic losses of at least $15 billion.
- The economic losses associated with drought in 2022 ($7.6 billion).
- It mainly occurred in China, exceeded by nearly 200 per cent, the 20-year average from 2002 to 2021 ($ 2.6 billion).
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