WMO = World Meteorological Organization said that there were more than 11,000 disasters caused by floods and heat waves in the 50 years until 2019, with more than 2 million deaths and an economic loss of about 400 trillion yen. We have released a report that we have issued.
WMO = World Meteorological Organization released a report on the 1st that summarizes the disasters caused by floods and heat waves that occurred in the 50 years until 2019.
According to it, the number of these disasters has increased due to climate change and other factors, and has reached more than 11,000 in 50 years.
In addition, the death toll has exceeded 2 million worldwide, 90% of which are concentrated in developing countries.
By region,
▽ In Asia, nearly half of all deaths, or about 975,000 people, died in storms and floods, of which more than 130,000 were killed in the cyclone that struck Myanmar in 2008. ..
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Africa, nearly 732,000 people, or more than 35% of all deaths, died from droughts.
Furthermore, the economic loss over the past 50 years was $ 3.64 trillion, which was about 400 trillion yen in Japanese yen, and the loss for the 10 years from 2010 was 7 times higher than the 10 years from 1970. is.
Of these, the 2005 hurricane Katrina, which landed in the southern United States, lost more than 18 trillion yen, and the 2017 hurricane Harvey lost more than 10 trillion yen.
On the other hand, although the number of deaths has decreased due to the development of a warning system calling for evacuation, only half of the more than 190 countries and regions that are members of the WMO have a warning system.
"We need to invest in observation and alert systems. We can save lives and avoid economic losses by predicting high-impact disasters such as floods and storms in advance," said WMO Executive Secretary Tarras. He emphasized the importance of support for developing countries.