UNISDR UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction [to 28 November 2015]
http://www.unisdr.org/archive
Selected Press Releases

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Americas hit hard by El Niño
27 Nov 2015
The Americas are paying a high price as one of the worst El Niños on record continues to strengthen. The World Meteorological Organization this week singled out “considerable concern” about the impact of El Niño on the Amazon basin in the context of long-term climate change.

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20-year review shows 90% of disasters are weather-related; US, China, India, Philippines and Indonesia record the most
23 Nov 2015
A new report issued today by the UN, “The Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters”, shows that over the last twenty years, 90% of major disasters have been caused by 6,457 recorded floods, storms, heatwaves, droughts and other weather-related events.