Article 6M9HC Asia is officially the most ‘disaster-prone’ region in the world

Asia is officially the most ‘disaster-prone’ region in the world

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Justine Calma
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1255055519.0.jpg Residents clean debris of their destroyed houses at the Khaung Dote Khar Rohingya refugee camp in Myanmar's Rakhine state on May 15th, 2023, after Cyclone Mocha made landfall. | Photo by Sai Aung Main / AFP via Getty Images

No other region on Earth experiences more climate, weather, and water-related disasters than Asia, according to a new report. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released its 2023 State of the Climate in Asia today, which found that risks are only rising.

From heatwaves to flooding and storms, climate change makes all kinds of disasters more intense all over the world. But the problem is particularly acute in Asia, which is heating up faster than the global average thanks to greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels.

The report's conclusions are sobering."

Climate change exacerbated the frequency and severity of such events, profoundly impacting societies, economies, and, most importantly, human lives and the environment...

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