According to the report, floods (43.4 per cent) and storms (28.2 per cent) are the two most frequently occurring disasters.
The powerful cyclone, strongest to hit India in 20 years, made landfall at around 8 am in India's eastern state of Odisha, killing at least 12 people.
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