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Over 100 natural disasters occurred worldwide amid pandemic since March - IFRC

Moscow, Nov 17 (Sputnik) Over 100 natural disasters affecting more than 50 million people occurred in the first half a year alone since the coronavirus pandemic was officially announced in March, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in its annual World Disasters report on Tuesday.
"Many people are being directly affected by the pandemic and climate-driven disasters all at once, and the world’s poorest and most at risk people are being hit first and hardest. Over 100 disasters took place between March 2020 (when the pandemic was announced) and six months later when this report was finalized, and over 50 million people were affected," the IFRC said.
This includes some 250,000 people who were affected by as many as 10 different disasters during this period, according to the World Disasters 2020 report.
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