Bhubaneswar, April 29 -- Asia was the worst disaster-hit region in the world last year amid intensifying weather and climate change threats and global warming, a report by the UN's weather agency stated.

The report "State Of The Climate In Asia 2023" by the World Meteorological Organisation https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1148886 informed that more than nine million people were affected and over 2,000 casualties in 79 extreme weather events reported as floods and storms hit the region in the said period.

The report said floods and storms caused maximum damage while trends of ice melt and heat waves continued to accelerate. Over 80 per cent of the reported hydrometeorological hazards in Asia were flood and storm events. Over 60 per ...