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Weather disasters killed 2 million in last 50 years, UN agency says

Children play as caked clay is seen in the dried-up municipal dam in drought-stricken Graaff-Reinet, South Africa, November 17, 2019.[Reuters]

The number of disasters, such as floods and heatwaves, driven by climate change have increased fivefold over the past 50 years, killing more than 2 million people and costing $3.64 trillion in total losses, a U.N. agency said on Wednesday.

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