Source: Asian Development Bank
Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, China - Taiwan Province, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam, World
Whether it's the Philippines, which recently experienced the strongest storm recorded, or Japan, which was devastated by the tsunami and earthquake in 2011 - the tragedies affecting these countries serve as a call to risk-prone countries throughout Asia and the Pacific to build and vigilantly maintain resilience to catastrophes.