The Asia Pacific region has lost two million lives and US$1.15 trillion to natural disasters in the past 45 years, accounting for 56.6 and 41 per cent of global disaster impacts, respectively.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/asia-pacific-region-lost-2-million-lives-us115-trillion-disasters-over-45-years
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/bernama-malaysia
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/asia
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/storms
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/earthquakes
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tsunami
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global