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Asia-Pacific is world’s most disaster-prone region, says UN


January 5, 2023

ISLAMABAD: The year 2022 was yet another reminder that Asia-Pacific is the world’s most disaster-prone region, and the floods were the deadliest, accounting for 74.4 per cent of disaster events in the region and 88.4 per cent of total deaths globally, a United Nations report said on Wednesday. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) says …

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