Sources: Long-term climate risk: 1999 to 2018, Global Climate Risk Index 2020; Recent earthquakes: Earthquake Report

Intriguingly, in the past month alone, such geological incidents have hit several countries that top the list of weather-related events. Earthquakes registering a magnitude of 4.3 to 6.4 have shaken Puerto Rico, Myanmar, Pakistan, Nepal and Dominica, while the Philippines has also coped with Taal’s eruption.

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