Six million children in Southeast Asia affected by typhoon Yagi disaster: UNICEF

Overlapping climate and humanitarian hazards disproportionately affect children in East Asia and the Pacific, where they are six times more likely than their grandparents to be affected, according to UNICEF.

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People evacuate from their houses on Cau Dat Street, Hoan Kiem District in Hanoi as rising water level in the Red River flooded the area last Sept 10. PHOTO: VNA/VNS/VIET NAM NEWS

September 19, 2024

BANGKOK – Overlapping climate and humanitarian hazards disproportionately affect children in East Asia and the Pacific, where they are six times more likely than their grandparents to be affected, according to UNICEF.

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