Bangladesh has been placed sixth in a new list of nations hardest hit by two decades of storms, floods, landslides and droughts that killed more than half a million people, climate analysts reported yesterday, warning of more frequent disasters if Earth’s overheating cannot be tamed.
Honduras, Myanmar and Haiti were the most afflicted by such disasters between 1995 and 2014, according to the 2016 Global Climate Risk Index released by Bonn-based advocacy group Germanwatch showing those nations most affected by the direct consequences of extreme weather event.
Scientists point to the mounting threat from storms, floods, droughts and rising seas if mankind cannot brake emissions from heat-trapping greenhouse gases, especially from fossil fuels, AFP reports.
Other nations in the top ten are the Philippines, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Pakistan, Thailand and Guatemala.
