First word I SEE from news reports on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in Kuala Lumpur that ...

The author and editors take ultimate responsibility for the content. Natural disasters and severe weather events that exceed 1 billion dollars in damages are becoming more frequent and extreme.

[15] • Economic impacts: The cost of natural disasters has skyrocketed, with U.S. billion-dollar disasters increasing from an average of 3.3 per year in the 1980s to over 17 annually from 2014-2023.

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