Asia hit hardest by climate, weather disasters in 2023:UN
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Tuoi Tre News Video— Asia was the world’s most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, with floods and storms the chief cause of casualties and economic losses
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP—Asia was hardest by climate and weather disasters in 2023 as temperatures hit record highs, UN says. By Robin Millard Asia was the world’s most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, with floods and storms the chief cause of casualties and economic losses. Global temperatures hit record highs last year, and the UN’s weather and climate agency said Asia was warming at a particularly […]
CNBC—Asia was most impacted by extreme weather and climate in 2023, UN report shows. Asia was the world's most disaster-hit region from extreme weather and climate in 2023, exacerbated by climate change, according to a new UN report.
Japan Today—Extreme climate hit Japan, elsewhere in Asia hard in 2023: U.N. Asia, including Japan, is warming faster than the global average, as the trend has nearly doubled since the 1961-1990 period and many countries in the region observed their hottest year on record in 2023, according to a U.N. weather agency. The annual mean near-surface temperature over Asia last year was