UN: Weather Disasters Soar In Numbers, Cost, But Deaths Fall

The video discusses the increasing frequency and destructiveness of disasters, as highlighted by a UN report that analyzed over 11,000 weather events in the past 50 years. It notes that while disasters are more frequent and destructive, they are less deadly. The report shows a significant increase in the number of disasters from about 700 per year in the 1970s to over 3000 per year now.

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