Statistics provide hunting reminder that no country is without risk of being hit by natural disasters. Floods, earthquakes and cyclones have wreaked havoc across Asia, killing people, wiping out homes, livelihoods and leaving economies in distress. The region occupies 30% of the world's land mass, but 40% of the world's disasters occurred in the region in the past decade, resulting in a disproportionate 80% of the world's disaster deaths. During the last 10 years, according to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, majority of deaths in Asia were caused by earthquakes. Floods have killed 17,442 people while as cyclones were responsible for 13,368 deaths in the region. As the graph shows, earthquakes have led to massive loss of human lives in China, Pakistan, Indonesia and India. Floods and cyclones have killed more people in Thailand and the Philippines.