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<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image on-image"></div></div>Geneva (AFP) - Natural disasters claimed over 22,000 lives last year, with Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines the deadliest of all, the Red Cross said Thursday.
In its annual report on disasters, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned that the outlook was bleak.
"Climate change is leading to damaged livelihoods and increased vulnerabilities. Natural hazards are also becoming more frequent and extreme," said IFRC head Elhadj As Sy.
"The resulting stresses on social, physical and economic systems are shifting the world into a new era of risk," he added.
Haiyan, which struck in November 2013, slammed a massive storm surge into the city of Tacloban and surrounding communities in the eastern province of Leyte.
At least 7,986 perished, the IFRC said.
The next-deadliest disaster was the June 2013 monsoon flooding in India, which killed 6,054 people.
Last year's overall natural disaster death toll was 22,452, the IFRC said.
That was well under the 2004-2013 average of 97,954 per year.
It was also far below the decade's peak year, 2004, when 242,829 people perished, mostly in the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
The number of people affected by disasters in 2013 -- almost 100 million, overwhelmingly in Asia -- was also the lowest in a decade.
But the report's lead editor Terry Cannon said tolls were only part of the story.
"Major hazards and disasters are distributed randomly. So comparing year-on-year in a data set like this is not very useful," he said.
What tolls can reveal, however, is a country's ability to head off catastrophe.
For example, 36 people died when Cyclone Phailin hit India in October 2013.
Thousands of lives were saved thanks to a widely-praised risk reduction programme which included pre-planned evacuation, repeated this week when Cyclone Hudhud struck.
More people in harm's way
Rapid economic shifts, population growth and urbanization in developing nations are putting more people in harm's way, while experts warn that climate change driven by emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases is causing more frequent extreme weather events.
Besides thinking up risk reduction plans, governments and aid agencies need to make more effort to understand the lives of people in danger zones, said Cannon.
"The vast majority of people do not die or suffer in disasters. They suffer because of the problems of everyday life, whether it's bad water, poor nutrition, or bad health," he said.
"People don't give priority to severe hazards. They will highlight their day-to-day problems, health, malaria, water supply, not enough food, not enough jobs," he added.
The report said that estimated economic damage in 2013, at $119 billion, was the fourth-lowest in a decade.
However, financial totals do not show the full picture either.
Developed countries traditionally see the most expensive single disasters in terms of losses and insurance claims, given their wealthier economies and extensive insurance penetration.
In 2011, for example, when Japan was battered by a massive earthquake and tsunami, estimated global disaster losses rocketed to $391 billion.
The situation in poorer countries is less clear, notably if a disaster does not strike industrial areas, and because insurance coverage is far less widespread.
"The damage to things that are valued in dollars can be very small. What you have to measure is the loss of livelihoods, of millions of people's livelihoods, fishing boats, their nets, their villages, their houses," said Cannon.
"They are not measured in dollar terms, they're not insured, they're not even counted in the international statistics," he said.

There Were 22,000 People Killed By Natural Disasters In 2013, The Lowest In A Decade

Riyadh, <keyword id="50996" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Saudi-Arabia">Saudi Arabia</keyword> on Monday announced the extension of the suspension of <keyword id="9612485" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="international-commercial-flights">international commercial flights</keyword> for an <keyword id="9560297" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="additional-week">additional week</keyword>, according to <keyword id="3822408" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-interior-ministry">the Interior Ministry</keyword>. Besides flights, the Ministry also announced the suspension of land and sea entry to the Kingdom for the same period. On December, Saudi Arabia had first decided suspend international flights, except in exceptional cases, temporarily for a week, which could be extended for another week. The decision was parts of <keyword id="10506465" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="precautional-measures">precautional measures</keyword> against Covid-19 after the spread of a new strain of the virus in some countries. The decision excludes the movement of goods, commodities, and supply chains. Non-Saudis could leave the country through flights, according to the precautionary measures adopted by <keyword id="9195433" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-ministry-of-health">the Ministry of Health</keyword>. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/environment/news/top-10-most-expensive-natural-disasters-of-2020-in-the-world/slidelist/79986294.cms">Cyclone Amphan was the most expensive cyclone of 2020 and the fourth most expensive natural disaster overall</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/jack-ma-ant-group-asked-to-overhaul-its-business-model-by-china-central-bank/articleshow/79987683.cms">China's central bank wants Jack Ma's Ant Group to overhaul its business model</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/indian-space-startup-skyroot-aerospace-successfully-test-fires-first-solid-rocket-propulsion-stage-demonstrator-called-kalam-5/articleshow/79988975.cms">India’s first-ever privately designed and developed rocket is a step closer to becoming a reality in 2021</a>

Saudi Arabia extends suspension of international flights for additional week

<ul><li>Following the <keyword id="28504" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kerala">Kerala</keyword> <keyword id="48088" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="floods">floods</keyword> in late August, it was found that the National <keyword id="41418" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Disaster">Disaster</keyword> Relief Fund (NDRF) was insufficiently capitalised to finance relief efforts. </li><li>In light of this, the Indian government has instituted a panel, comprising several state finance ministers, to assess the feasibility of introducing a “natural disaster tax” under the <keyword id="6354679" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="gst">GST</keyword> regime. </li><li>It remains to be seen whether the <keyword id="6386887" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="cess">cess</keyword> would be a state-level or national-level <keyword id="45031" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tax">tax</keyword> and whether it would imposed on a specific set of items or all items. A questionnaire will be sent to all states to get their views on the same. </li></ul>In the aftermath of the Kerala floods in late August, in which close to 500 people died and the damages were estimated to be around ₹200 billion, a major criticism was levied at the central government’s slow release of aid funds. It was found that the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) were insufficiently capitalised. In addition, the process of applying for and receiving aid from the corpus fund is extremely <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/flood-ravaged-kerala-s-wait-for-full-central-aid-package-could-be-long-118082700019_1.html">time-consuming</a>. The NDRF is funded by a “National Calamity Contingent Duty” on tobacco products and similar items. However, after the imposition of GST last year, the contributions to the fund have been declining. In light of this, the Indian government has instituted a panel, comprising several state finance ministers, to assess the feasibility of introducing a “natural disaster tax” under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. The panel, which is led by Bihar deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, is set to consult India’s attorney general, K. K. Venugopal, on the legal implications of levying a disaster tax to fund the recovery efforts of states that have been struck by natural disasters. Under the GST Act, states are allowed to charge a cess in the event that they suffer losses of revenue due to the implementation of the GST regime. A disaster cess would require the approval of an apex court. The GST Council decided to form the panel <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gst-council-meets-to-consider-new-tax-for-kerala-flood-future-calamities-1923718">at the end of September </a>following a proposal from the government of Kerala to impose an additional 10% cess on specific goods sold in the state so as to fund reconstruction and rehabilitation. At the time, the central government said that the Kerala’s proposal would be difficult to implement given the absence of any tax credits on cesses. It remains to be seen whether the cess would be a state-level or national-level tax and whether it would imposed on a specific set of items or all items. A national-level tax under the GST regime seems more likely after the panel recognised the possibility that residents of Kerala would opt for large purchases outside the state so as to avoid paying the additional cess. A questionnaire will be sent to all states so as to establish a majority consensus on the above issues. The panel’s next meeting will be in November.

India is mulling the introduction of a “natural disaster tax” to fund relief efforts

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Climate change is burning a hole in Americans' wallets. </li><li>In 2021, 20 separate <keyword id="11917810" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="natural-disaster" source="Orion">natural disaster</keyword> events hit the US, totalling $145 billion in damages.</li></ul>The climate crisis means natural disasters happen more often and are more severe — and they're burning a hole in the America's wallets.2021 marked the <a href="https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/time-series">third most costly</a> for natural disaster events in the more than 200 years the Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been tracking. The US was hit with 20 separate billion-dollar climate events, totalling $145 billion in damages. The US is <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/think-2020s-disasters-are-wild-experts-predict-worse-in-the-future">expected</a> to experience even more natural disasters in the years to come, driving costs even higher. "We can expect a significant jump in extreme weather over the next 20 or 30 years," Piers Forster, a climate scientist <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/climate/climate-change-report-ipcc-un.html">told </a>the New York Times. "Things are unfortunately likely to get worse than they are today."Impacts of the climate crisis will intensify, causing financial losses to trend upward, and homeowners, <keyword id="12948769" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="insurance-companies" source="Orion">insurance companies</keyword>, taxpayers and the government will all have to foot the bill. This means more homeowners falling behind on their mortgage as insurance doesn't always cover damage costs. The Biden administration has said <keyword id="12948770" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="government-aid" source="Orion">government aid</keyword> will be <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/27/executive-order-on-tackling-the-climate-crisis-at-home-and-abroad/">necessary</a> to ease costs on Americans as the climate crisis is likely to have a <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/climate-change/">lasting presence</a>. Munich RE, a German multinational insurance company, <a href="https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2022/natural-disaster-losses-2021.html">claims</a> the US accounted for an exceptionally high proportion of losses in 2021, of which some $85 billion were insured. It notes that both overall and insured losses were significantly higher than 2020 and 2019 when they came in at $100 billion and $52 billion, respectively."Each year across the world, natural catastrophes destroy assets running into multiple billions." The company said. "Often, only a tiny proportion of this damage is insured." <h2>Standard home insurance typically doesn't cover natural disasters</h2>Despite the threat of climate crisis, millions of American households remain uninsured. The Insurance Institute <a href="https://www.iii.org/article/spotlight-on-flood-insurance">claims</a> that in 2020, only 27% of all homeowning policyholders said they had flood insurance. This could be attributed to the fact that natural disasters are not typically covered under a standard home insurance policy, and specialty insurance puts additional pressure on finances.For many low to moderate income households, supplemental coverage is <a href="https://www.rand.org/news/press/2020/06/03.html">out of the question</a> as it could mean the difference between having a warm meal or paying the mortgage. However, opting out often leads to even more costs as these households <a href="https://www.corelogic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/06/Hurricane-Report_V2WEB062921.pdf">typically struggle</a> to pay for both repairs and housing following a disaster. This happened to the residents of Lake Charles, Louisiana, who were hit by both Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Delta in 2020. A study by CoreLogic, an analytics company, <a href="https://www.corelogic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/06/Hurricane-Report_V2WEB062921.pdf">found</a> that the market's mortgage delinquency rates increased as homeowners struggled to make repairs and slipped behind on their mortgage payments."For those who are homeowners, the result of a financial catastrophe results in mortgage delinquency rates increasing significantly as people, crippled by expenses and lost wages, fail to make monthly mortgage payments," CoreLogic said. "After Hurricane Laura made landfall in Lake Charles, the already-high delinquency rate shot up from 9.8% in August 5 2020 to 16.1% in September 2020, an increase of 6.3 percentage points."<h2>The government has to step in to help</h2>For uninsured homeowners there is still hope — <keyword id="12723054" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fema" source="Orion">FEMA</keyword>'s assistance programs. While FEMA can not duplicate insurance payments, the organization <a href="https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210202/fema-may-be-able-help-if-insurance-doesnt-cover-some-disaster-expenses">aims to help</a> survivors of natural disasters whose expenses aren't fully covered by insurance or if an insurance settlement is delayed. In 2021, the organization received additional funding from the Biden Administration's $3.46 billion <a href="https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210805/biden-administration-commits-historic-346-billion-hazard-mitigation-funds">commitment</a> in hazard mitigation funds. FEMA also took the extra step of <a href="https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_updated-iappg-version-1.1.pdf">expanding</a> its services of underserved communities, to include individuals with low income and people of color, who they say "struggle more when recovering from disasters in comparison to communities with greater resources." The amendment applies to its Individual Assistance Program and Policy Guide and has created additional flexibilities that ensure access to assistance for all survivors. "Climate change is our country's biggest crisis," FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said. "Our communities will continue to suffer from losses caused by extreme weather events unless we invest in mitigation efforts to reduce the impacts of climate change."She added that new funding will allow the organization to provide direct aid to states, tribes, and territories to complete mitigation projects, build better infrastructure and create long term solutions.Whether homeowners pay for repairs out-of-pocket, through insurance, or FEMA aid, it's clear the US is in the phase of paying to fix the results of climate crisis after failing to prevent it.Are you a homeowner whose home was damaged by a natural disaster? Reach out to this reporter at <a href="mailto:alloyd@insider.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">alloyd@insider.com</a> to share your story.

America spent $145 billion on damaged homes after 20 climate events in 2021 — it will only get more expensive

Panaji, <keyword id="168730" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Higher-Secondary">Higher secondary</keyword> and college examinations will be held offline this academic year in <keyword id="826" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Goa">Goa</keyword>, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Monday. Speaking at a function organised to felicitate meritorious students at the Harmal Panchkroshi educational institute in North Goa district, Sawant said that there was anxiety among students about when and how the exams would be conducted. "A lot of students are wondering when higher secondary schools or colleges will resume classes. We are stressing on offline exams this year. Class XI, XII as well as <keyword id="2802459" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="college-exams">college exams</keyword> will be held offline," Sawant said. Currently, schools in Goa are only allowed to hold offline classes for Class X and Class XII students, while other students are taught online by educational institutions. Classes for Class X and Class XII students began from November 21 this year. According to the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, exams for Class X are scheduled to begin from May 13, while Class XII exams are scheduled to start from April 26. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/environment/news/top-10-most-expensive-natural-disasters-of-2020-in-the-world/slidelist/79986294.cms">Cyclone Amphan was the most expensive cyclone of 2020 and the fourth most expensive natural disaster overall</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/jack-ma-ant-group-asked-to-overhaul-its-business-model-by-china-central-bank/articleshow/79987683.cms">China's central bank wants Jack Ma's Ant Group to overhaul its business model</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/indian-space-startup-skyroot-aerospace-successfully-test-fires-first-solid-rocket-propulsion-stage-demonstrator-called-kalam-5/articleshow/79988975.cms">India’s first-ever privately designed and developed rocket is a step closer to becoming a reality in 2021</a>

Higher secondary and college exams to be held offline this year, says Goa CM

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>The 1994 Northridge earthquake killed more than 50 people and created widespread devastation in Los Angeles.</li><li>The earthquake was one of the world's most expensive natural disasters, causing an estimated $35 billion in damage.</li><li>Twenty-five years after the quake, scientists are warning of the next "Big One," which could wreak even more havoc in California. </li></ul>As scientists warn of the <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/san-andreas-fault-big-one-inevitable-what-will-happen-when-it-hits-1133854">next big earthquake</a> in California, a devastating tragedy in Los Angeles may offer insight into what's to come.Twenty-five years ago today, a 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Northridge, an area just northwest of LA, destroying thousands of residences and leaving around 22,000 people displaced from their homes.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/earthquakes-global-seismic-hazard-slow-earth-rotation-2017-11">We could see twice as many big earthquakes this year, scientists warn - because the equator has shrunk</a>Studies now estimate that the earthquake <a href="https://www.earthquakeauthority.com/Press-Room/Press-Releases/2019/Northridge-earthquake-remembered">caused $35 billion in damage</a>, making it not only the costliest earthquake in US history, but one of the most expensive natural disasters the world has ever seen. The lessons learned from Northridge can easily apply to the next "Big One," which scientists anticipate could reach a magnitude of 8.0. If that happens, around <a href="https://la.curbed.com/2019/1/15/18182585/earthquake-california-evacuation-shelter-predictions">1,800 people could die</a> in Southern California and another 270,000 people could be displaced.At the very least, a quake of that magnitude could slash power, topple infrastructure, and consume lives.Take a look at what that kind of devastation did to Los Angeles in 1994.

Devastating photos show the damage from the 1994 Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles. It could pale in comparison to the next 'Big One.'

Even as aftershocks continue to be felt across <keyword id="12266" type="COUNTRY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Nepal">Nepal</keyword> and its capital <keyword id="18568" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="kathmandu">Kathmandu</keyword>, reports of the first <keyword id="6379994" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="casualty">casualty</keyword> from the severe 7.9 magnitude has trickled in, of a 15 year old girl, who succumbed to her injuries on the Indian side of the Indo-Nepal border. The casualty, officials both in <keyword id="2823538" type="COUNTRY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Nepal-and-India">Nepal and India</keyword> fear, could go much higher given the scale of devastation followed by the massive <keyword id="6362774" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="earthquake">earthquake</keyword> and its hugely powerful aftershocks. 
 
Some extremely moving first pictures and videos amongst other details of the extent of damage have also started filtering in. Several pictures have surfaced showing huge cracks on roads in Kathmandu, several destroyed buildings, including a completely raised to the ground chapel. Reports also suggest that the Kathmandu airport has been shutdown and all flights are now being directed to India. Fear is now mounting that there could be several people stuck or buried under collapsed high-rises and other buildings in Kathmandu alone. 
 
An earthquake measuring 7.9 magnitude struck 80 km (50 miles) east of Pokhara in Nepal on Saturday, about half way between the town and the capital Kathmandu. Tremors have been felt right across the entire northern Indian belt, from Rajasthan to the states in the north east. The quake was 31 km (19 miles) deep. 
 
This is the second largest earthquake to rock the region since 1934, when an earthquake measuring over 8 on the Richter scale, nearly wiped out the entire area. Though slightly lesser in magnitude, today’s earthquake, given it is continental in nature, is expected to create widespread devastation in and around the epicentre. 
 
So strong has been its impact, that several strong after- tremors have been felt even as far as Delhi NCR since then. Several picture from Kathmandu showing damaged and destroyed buildings have already started pouring in. 
 
What is a big cause of concern however is the level of preparedness that one can expect in the national capital region, given it falls in Earthquake Zone 4, or the second most dangerous geographical zone for earthquakes in India, followed only by the entire Himalayan belt, which is the most earthquake prone area in India (Zone 5).

Massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake causes widespread devastation in Nepal, Kathmandu airport reportedly shut down

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty</div></div></div>Climate change is already resulting in a huge number of consequences globally, from rising <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sea-levels-rising-faster-2016-11">sea levels </a>to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/hot-weather-record-halloween-2016-10">record-breaking high temperatures. </a>It's also endangering some of the most popular and delicious foods on the planet. With the hotter weather and more frequent natural disasters that come with<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/hot-weather-record-halloween-2016-10"> deviation from Earth's natural cycles, </a>foods from avocado to lobster are in trouble. Here are seven foods and drinks that could grow more expensive and eventually disappear due to climate change.

7 foods that could go extinct thanks to climate change

Several emerging markets remain highly vulnerable to a large weather event turning into a natural disaster, according to a new report by the <keyword id="27263" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="risk">risk</keyword> analysis company <a href="%20http://maplecroft.com/about/news/nha_2013.html">Maplecroft</a>.
And given that <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/science/climate_assessment_2012.html">NASA predicts</a> a future of increasingly extreme weather events, countries better get on it.
Maplecroft's 2013 Risk Atlas atlas ranks 197 countries on their physical and economic exposure to 12 different natural hazards (e.g. flooding, tropical cyclones, earthquakes), as well as their resilience to the socio-economic impacts of a destructive natural event.
The countries with high (but not extreme) resilience risk — i.e. those in which a natural hazard can quickly become a costly natural disaster — include several emerging markets in Asia: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and China.
The analysis notes that China and the Philippines (followed by India and Indonesia) "have the most globally significant concentrations of economic assets exposed to major natural hazards."
<div class="image-container" style="width:940px"><div class="image"></div><a href="http://maplecroft.com/">Maplecroft</a></div>"These countries are not only exposed to multiple devastating hazards, but lack resilience to the impacts and show a poor capacity to bounce back, which could undermine economic growth; disrupt business operations and supply chains," according to the analysis.
To demonstrate the impact of resilience, Maplecroft compares the effects of Hurricane Sandy hitting America's east coast and Typhoon Bopha hitting the Philippines.
Despite Sandy's strength and size, only 110 people died because the U.S. has a well developed infrastructure and communications networks in addition to sophisticated response protocols.
Typhoon Bopha, on the other hand, resulted in more than 1,000 deaths even though fewer people were exposed to the storm’s path.
Furthermore, the U.S. federal government was able to authorize $51 billion in disaster relief despite Congress being in a deficit showdown.
So even though 2012 was the least deadly year for <keyword id="139159" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="natural-disasters">natural disasters</keyword> in the last decade — less than 10,000 people died worldwide — the analysis recommends that governments, communities, and businesses actively invest in disaster risk reduction as emerging markets become increasingly integral to the <keyword id="23764" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="global">global</keyword> economy.
“With the increasing global economic importance of these nations and their interconnectivity to global markets, a major event in one these financial centers increases the risk of economic contagion,” Helen Hodge, Head of Maps and Indices at Maplecroft, said in a statement. “In particular, a limited resilience capacity to ‘bounce-back’ from disasters will amplify this risk and prolong economic down-time.”

Emerging Markets Could Be Devastated By A Literal Perfect Storm

<div class="image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image">REUTERS/StringerA view of flooded streets after rainstorms triggered by Typhoon Haiyan hit Sanya, Hainan province November 11, 2013. Rainstorms from the typhoon hit the south China region on Sunday and Monday, killing at least four, with seven people still missing, according to Xinhua News Agency. Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, killed an estimated 10,000 people in central Philippines, according to officials. Picture taken November 11, 2013. </div></div></div>WARSAW (Reuters) - Global economic losses caused by extreme weather events have risen to nearly $200 billion a year over the last decade and look set to increase further as climate change worsens, a report by the World Bank showed on Monday.
A United Nations' panel of scientists has warned that floods, droughts and storms are likely to become more severe over the next century as greenhouse gas emissions warm the world's climate.
"Economic losses are rising - from $50 billion each year in the 1980s to just under $200 billion each year in the last decade and about three quarters of those losses are a result of extreme weather," said Rachel Kyte, World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development.
"While you cannot connect any single weather event to climate change, scientists have warned that extreme weather events will increase in intensity if climate change is left unchecked."
Reinsurance company Munich Re has estimated total reported losses from disasters were $3.8 trillion from 1980 to 2012, attributing 74 percent of those to extreme weather.
More than 3,900 people have been killed in Typhoon Haiyan which hit the Philippines, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded.
The typhoon threw a spotlight on the impact of climate change and coincided with the start of November 11-22 talks in Warsaw, Poland, where governments are trying to draw up a plans to slow its effects.
<h3>EMERGING ECONOMIES AT RISK</h3>
Many nations have said the typhoon matched trends towards extreme weather and was an example to spur action in Warsaw, which is meant to lay down the outlines of a global deal in 2015 that will enter into force from 2020.
But the U.N. panel of climate scientists says it has only "low confidence" that human emissions have already contributed to the intensity of cyclones, which include typhoons and hurricanes, since 1950.
As part of the talks, governments are discussing a mechanism to help poorer countries cope with losses and damage from climate change.
Although weather-related disasters can affect all countries, the most severe economic and human losses are expected in rapidly growing countries, such as those in Asia, which are building their economies in areas vulnerable to floods, droughts and extreme temperatures, the World Bank said.
The average impact of disasters on such countries equaled 1 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) from 2001 to 2006 - ten times higher than the average for high-income countries, the World Bank said.
But climate impacts will especially cripple poorer countries. Hurricane Tomas in 2010, for example, devastated St Lucia and caused losses of 43 percent of GDP.
To help avoid unmanageable future costs, governments should focus on making their countries more resilient to disasters, even though that might require up-front investment, it added.
(Editing by Louise Heavens)

World Bank: Losses From Extreme Weather Now At $200 Billion Per Year

<ul><li>The Indian Meteorlogical department just classified the threat from Cyclone Fani as 'very severe'.</li><li>The storm is expected to hit the country's eastern coast in the state of Odisha. </li><li>The Navy is deploying ships, manpower, food, clothes among others to limit the damage from the natural disaster.</li><li>A similar cyclone in 1999, only much more destructive, killed over 9,800 people in Odisha. </li></ul>Fani, a cyclonic storm brewing in the Bay of Bengal, is set to hit India's eastern coast in the state of Odisha. In its latest update, the Indian Meteorological Department just issued a warning saying that the storm has turned 'very severe'. Fani can even worsen into an "extremely severe cyclone" by tomorrow, prompting the government to put the National Disaster Response Force and the Indian Coast Guard on high alert, <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cyclone-fani-live-updates-navy-prepares-ships-aircraft-for-assistance-2030529" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">a report said citing officials</a>. 
	
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 Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered to release financial assistance, in advance, of ₹10.8 billion to four states that stand threatened by the natural disaster. <table style="width: 223pt;"> </colgroup> <tbody><tr> <td class="xl64" style="height:15.0pt;width:80pt">State</td> <td class="xl64" style="border-left-width: initial; border-left-style: none; width: 143pt;">Advance Financial Assistance</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl64" style="height: 15pt; border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none;">Andhra Pradesh</td> <td class="xl64" style="border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-style: none;">₹2 billion</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl64" style="height: 15pt; border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none;">Odisha</td> <td class="xl64" style="border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-style: none;">₹3.4 billion</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl64" style="height: 15pt; border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none;">Tamil Nadu</td> <td class="xl64" style="border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-style: none;">₹3.1 billion</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl64" style="height: 15pt; border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none;">West Bengal</td> <td class="xl64" style="border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-style: none;">₹2.3 billion</td> </tr></tbody></table><a href="http://pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1571312" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">Source: Ministry of Home Affairs</a> A cyclone is a massive storm caused by low atmospheric pressure. It's a spiraling wind that rotates around a low pressure zone. 
 
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 Every year, states on India's eastern coast, especially Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, witness similar storms and often, they end up being devastating. A similar cyclone, but much more destructive, with a wind speed of 300 miles per hour had struck Odisha. It was the worst cyclonic disaster ever recorded in the last century <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/revisiting-the-super-cyclone-that-hit-odisha-in-1999/story-S0lDY1STwdrVdMravThCZK.html" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">that killed over 9,800 people</a>. 
 
 
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 The Eastern Naval Command (ENC) is on high alert to render necessary humanitarian assistance, a Navy spokesperson said on Tuesday. Indian Naval ships at Visakhapatnam and Chennai are on stand-by to proceed to the most affected areas to undertake Humanitarian Aid Distress Relief (HADR), evacuation, logistic support including providing medical aid. These ships are embarked with additional divers, doctors, inflatable rubber boats and relief material that include food, tents, clothes, medicines and blankets. Naval aircraft are also on stand-by at the Naval Air Stations INS Rajali at Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu and INS Dega at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, to undertake reconnaissance, rescue, casualty evacuation and air drop of relief material to the stranded if required, the spokesperson added. The ENC is closely monitoring the developments in the Bay of Bengal and Flag Officer Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Naval Area (FOTNA) and Naval Officers-in-Charge (Andhra Pradesh) and (Odisha) are in constant communication with respective state administrations. With inputs from IANS SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/space-power-china-signs-exploration-agreement-with-smaller-ally-pakistan/articleshow/69108197.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">China is taking its ‘all-weather ally’ Pakistan to space</a>

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