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Extreme weather caused two million deaths, cost $4 trillion over last 50 years

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Extreme weather caused two million deaths, cost $4 trillion over last 50 years

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, weather, climate and water-related hazards caused close to 12,000 disasters between 1970 and 2021. Developing countries were hit hardest, seeing nine in 10 deaths and 60 per cent of economic losses from climate shocks and extreme weather.  

WMO said that Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States suffered a “disproportionately” high cost in relation to the size of their economies. 

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