Extreme Weather Tied to Over 600,000 Deaths Over 2 Decades

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Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated Tacloban city in central Philippines November 10, 2013. In most hurricanes the greatest damage is done not by the wind but from the storm surge, the mountain of water pushed by raging winds from the ocean to deluge the land. Photo source: ©© Mansunides

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Weather-related disasters in the past two decades have killed more than 600,000 people and inflicted economic losses estimated at trillions of dollars, the United Nations said on Monday, warning that the frequency and impact of such events was set to rise…

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