13-10-2016 02:07 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Factbox - Poor, unprotected nations suffer most disaster deaths

Deaths caused by disasters are far higher in poorer countries than in wealthy nations which are better able to warn and protect people, new figures issued on the International Day for Disaster Reduction show. Over those two decades, 56 percent of deaths were caused by earthquakes and tsunamis, while the rest were due to storms, floods, extreme temperatures, drought, landslides and wildfires. Here are some facts from a report released on Thursday by CRED and the U.N. Office for Disaster Risk Redu
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