More than 90% of deaths have been caused by natural disasters in developing countries according to a UN report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The extreme weather conditions has caused the deaths of 2 million people over 50 years costing $4.3 trillion in economic damage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the new figures published on Monday from the UN\u2019s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), 11,778 weather related disaster have occurred from 1970 to 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe most vulnerable communities unfortunately bear the brunt of weather, climate and water-related hazards,\u201d WMO chief Petteri Taalas said in a statement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Taalas pointed out that during disasters similar to Mocha in the past, \u201cboth Myanmar and Bangladesh suffered death tolls of tens and even hundreds of thousands of people.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Myanmar\u2019s military government has put the death toll from the latest cyclone at 145, but there are fears the number is higher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And in its update of that report, the WMO said Monday that 22,608 disaster deaths were recorded globally in 2020 and 2021 combined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN has launched a plan to ensure all nations are covered by disaster early warning systems by the end of 2027. To date, only half of the world\u2019s countries have such systems in place. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More than 90% of deaths have been caused by natural disasters in developing countries according to a UN report. The extreme weather conditions has caused the deaths of 2 million people over 50 years costing $4.3 trillion in economic damage. According to the new figures published on Monday from the UN\u2019s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":93462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[4690],"class_list":["post-93461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-90-of-deaths-caused-by-natural-disasters-in-developing-countries"],"yoast_head":"\n