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236,000 killed in disasters in 2010: UN
Thursday, October 14, 2010 08:17:50 AM,
IANS
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Geneva: More than
236,000 people have been killed worldwide in different natural
disasters this year so far, the UN has said on International Day
for Disaster Reduction.
The latest figures show that 256 million people have been affected
by various types of disasters such as earthquakes, floods,
tropical storms and landslides, Xinhua reported.
According to Centre for Research in the Epidemiology of Disasters
(CRED), these disasters have cost $81 billion from January this
year until Sep 1. In the first six months alone, the world
suffered $70 billion in loss due to frequent outbreak of
disasters.
In 1989, the UN General Assembly designated the second Wednesday
of October the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.
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