Asia Hit Hardest By Weather Disaster, Climate Change In 2023: UN
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Global temperatures hit record highs last year, and the UN's weather and climate agency said Asia was warming at a particularly rapid pace.
Asia was the world's most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, with floods and storms the chief cause of casualties and economic losses.Global temperatures hit record highs last year, and the UN's weather and climate agency said Asia was warming at a particularly rapid pace.
The World Meteorological Organization said the impact of heatwaves in Asia was becoming more severe, with melting glaciers threatening the region's future water security.
The WMO said Asia was warming faster than the global average, with temperatures last year nearly two degrees Celsius above the 1961 to 1990 average.
