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Natural disasters in Asia and Pacific impact some 80 million people, new UN study shows

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UN News Centre

Publication Date
2015-02-26

25 February 2015 – When leaders and decision makers from across Asia and the Pacific gather next month in Japan to discuss how to reduce disaster risks, their top priority will be to build resilience in a region that saw some 80 million people affected and nearly $60 billion in economic losses incurred by natural disasters last year.

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