Asia warming faster than global average, the report said, adding that early warning systems and disaster preparedness plans, however, have saved thousands of lives.
According to the emergency events database, there were 79 disasters associated with hydro-meteorological hazard events in Asia last year, which are associated with atmospheric, hydrological, or oceanographic origin like tropical cyclones.
Of these, over 80 percent were related to flood and storm events, with more than 2,000 fatalities and 9 million people directly affected, the report said.