More people globally being affected by disastersAerial photos on October 30, 2022 show houses in Tuguegarao City submerged in muddy floodwaters after #PaengPH dumped heavy rains in the area. MANILA, Philippines — Globally, the number of people affected by disasters since 2015 increased by 80 percent despite the adoption of a United Nations-backed international disaster reduction agreement, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) said. “More people globally are being affected by disasters than ever before,” UNDRR said on Saturday. It targets substantially fewer deaths from disasters, a reduction in the disaster damage to infrastructure, and improved early warning systems – all by 2030. The agency said there has been an 80 percent increase in the number of people affected by disasters since 2015 and “UNDRR finds that many of the lessons from past disasters seem to have been ignored.”While the number of people affected by disasters is going up, the proportion being killed has more than halved.
