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Climate change will bring soaring temperatures, more intense storms, erratic rainfall, plummeting crop yields and a collapse of coral reefs to the Asia-Pacific unless countries fully implement their commitments under the Paris climate pact, scientists say, calling the challenges “unprecedented.”

Ending extreme poverty is essential to save lives and limit damage from disasters, says UN chief Ban Ki-Moon.

When disasters destroy schools in Burma and elsewhere in the region, hundreds of thousands of children lose out, according to a new report by Save the Children.

Damage to livestock and farming infrastructure has compounded the strain on some 1.6 million people affected by recent monsoonal flooding and landslides.

Meteorological expert used as a scapegoat by the government after Cyclone Nargis to set up warning centre in Irrawaddy division