US, China, India, Philippines and Indonesia
A 20-year review carried out by UN shows 90 percent of of disasters are weather-related. US, China, India, Philippines and Indonesia recorded the most.
Asia accounts for the lion’s share of disaster impacts including 332,000 deaths and 3.7 billion people affected. The death toll in Asia included 138,000 deaths caused by Cyclone Nargis which struck Myanmar in 2008.
In total, an average of 335 weather-related disasters were recorded per year between 2005 and 2014, an increase of 14% from 1995-2004, and almost twice the level recorded during 1985-1995.