NATURAL disasters affect the well-being of Filipinos the most among 117 nations, with a global assessment of human damage—as measured in terms of lost consumption—found to be larger than asset losses, a report by the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) said.

The report—“Unbreakable: Building the Resilience of the Poor in the Face of Natural—Disasters”—noted the combined human and economic impacts of extreme weather on poverty are far more devastating than previously understood.

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