North Korea suffered the worst natural disasters in all of Asia, new report says
Four out of 10 North Koreans were impacted by storms in 2019, the Asian Disaster Reduction Center concluded
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When it comes to natural disasters, North Korea stands out as the worst-hit country in all of Asia in 2019, according to a new report.
The Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) stated that 4 out of 10 North Koreans were affected by natural disasters in 2019 the worst ratio in all of Asia while 395 per every 1,000 people suffered from the 2019 drought.
In total, this means that 10.1 million North Koreans were affected that year, which is the second-highest raw population number next to India, a country with nearly 53 times more people. Meanwhile, the report stated that a single 2019 storm in
Natural Disaster Data Book 2019 (An Analytical Overview)
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Overview
The Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) Natural Disasters Data Book 2019 provides statistical perspectives in figures and tables for 2019 as well as for the period 1990-2019 based on data obtained by EM-DAT.
According to EM-DAT, 440 natural disasters occurred in 2019 worldwide, killing 24,112 people and affecting approx. 100 million people. The estimated amount of economic damage came over US$102 billion.
In 2019, the epidemics in the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo brought about serious damages to these countries causing 5,400 and 3,559 people killed respectively. India experienced a serious flooding during the monsoon season in this year, causing 1,900 deaths, as well as approx. 3 million people affected. In addition, Europe suffered heat waves in the summer of 2019 and France recorded 868 deaths. The cyclone Idai which brought devastations in the eastern Africa caused 62