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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago

Can Southeast Asia cope with record-breaking storms?

Southeast Asia faces intensifying, costly annual storm seasons overwhelming national capacities as international relief funding falls, leaving countries to repeatedly rebuild lives and infrastructure.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Pakistan and India: What's the global cost of natural disasters?

Floods in Pakistan and India re-ignite the debate on the mounting cost of global disasters. Global natural disasters are striking harder and more often, with climate emergencies now breaking records year after year. The UN says a child born today faces a nearly nine in 10 chance of experiencing a catastrophic flood during their lifetime. The financial toll is staggering, with more than $200bn a year.
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