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VIDEO: Half the world unprepared for disasters - UN

Countries with poor early warning systems on average see eight times greater mortality from disasters than countries with good systems in place.

UN secretary general Antonio Guterres. (AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalist @NewVision

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Even as extreme weather and climate disasters are multiplying, half of countries lack the advanced early warning systems needed to save lives, the United Nations has

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