Weather disasters occurred almost daily over last decade, UN says

Floods and heatwaves frequency almost double in two decades, but scientists say 'jury is out' on how much is due to climate change

Weather-related disasters such as floods and heatwaves have occurred almost daily in the past decade, almost twice as often as two decades ago, with Asia being the hardest hit region, a UN report said on Monday.

While the report authors could not pin the increase wholly on climate change, they did say that the upward trend was likely to continue as extreme weather events increased.