Climate Change: Developing Countries Account for Over 90% Deaths Due to Extreme Conditions, Says WMO
More than 91 per cent of these deaths occurred in developing countries (using the United Nations country classification). Of the top 10 disasters, the hazards that led to the largest human losses during the period have been droughts (6,50,000 deaths), storms (5,77,232 deaths), floods (58 700 deaths) and extreme temperature (55,736 deaths).