Thread by @SkyNews

1/ All around the world, millions of people are on the move - because of climate change 🌊🌡☀🌧

Follow this thread to find out how the warming planet is forcing people to flee their homes to escape weather disasters 👇

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2/ In 2020, more than 1,770 weather-related events led to more than 30 million displacements around the world.

Nearly two-thirds of disasters last year were in China, Bangladesh, India, the Philippines and the United States

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3/ 🇵🇭 Typhoon Vamco hit the Philippines in November, resulting in 1.6 million displacements.

A few weeks earlier, another category 5 storm led to 1.3 million displacements

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4/ 🇨🇳 The Chinese rainy season, said to have caused the worst flooding in more than 20 years between May and July, triggered 3.7 million displacements.

Cyclones, typhoons and landslides increased that number to more than five million

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5/ Weather-related disasters in 🇮🇳 India and 🇧🇩Bangladesh led to 8.3 million displacements, the third highest figure since 2012

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6/ More than a million displacements were triggered by wildfires in the 🇺🇸 US.

A total of 1.7 million displacements occurred when the figure includes floods, hurricanes and extreme storms

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7/ In the US, 500 out of every 100,000 Americans were forced from their homes, at least temporarily, due to storm surges and wildfires.

It shows even wealthy countries are not spared the threat of displacement and migration due to climate change

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8/ The data shows weather events affect people in poorer countries more than those in wealthier ones.

Last year, an average of almost 20,000 displacements took place every time a severe weather event occurred in low income countries, compared with 4,000 in the wealthiest nations

9/ You can find out more about how climate change is forcing people to flee their homes on tonight's #DailyClimateShow at 6:30pm.

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