Weather disasters have risen fivefold: UN

By Emma Farge
Updated September 1 2021 - 9:50pm, first published 5:25pm
A UN agency says weather disasters have increased fivefold over the past 50 years.
A UN agency says weather disasters have increased fivefold over the past 50 years.

The number of disasters, such as floods and heatwaves, driven by climate change have increased fivefold over the past 50 years, killing more than 2 million people and costing $US3.64 trillion ($A4.97 trillion) in total losses, a UN agency says.

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