Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - The jury may still be out on the link between climate change and natural disasters. But one thing is clear: Weather-related disasters are increasing in both frequency and intensity. Witness the string of severe recent floods across Asia-from Pakistan, to Thailand, to the Philippines-and Hurricane "Sandy" in the United States, which have vividly shown us how extreme weather events can bring entire countries to a virtual standstill. Volatile weather extremes are hitting Asia and the Pacific more often than any other region of the world.
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