Exposed: Why Vanuatu is the world's most 'at-risk' country for natural hazards

Source(s): Deutsche Welle

Vanuatu is the world's most at-risk country for natural hazards, according to a UN University WorldRiskIndex. And it's not just storms, earthquakes, volcanoes or tsunamis that are the problem, reports Deutsche Welle.

According to the article, among the factors that make life on Vanuatu so dangerous are high exposure to natural disasters, lack of coping capacities, susceptibility through inadequate infrastructure such as water and sanitation, and lack of societal and policy adaptation to the prevailing environmental conditions.

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