{"id":61679,"date":"2025-09-15T22:25:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T22:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year"},"modified":"2025-09-15T22:52:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T22:52:05","slug":"disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year","title":{"rendered":"Disasters damage $12.7bn of African infrastructure a year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The average annual loss of infrastructure including buildings caused by disasters in Africa is $12.7 billion, according to the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Of the damage 70% is caused by floods, followed by earthquakes at about 28%, which are less frequent but more catastrophic, the group said in a report on Monday. The CDRI consists of United Nations agencies, development banks, private companies and academic institutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClimate change is expected to increase the impact of disasters on infrastructure by as much as 27%, resulting in average annual loss of $2.4 billion,\u201d the report said, without giving a date. \u201cAfrica is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate-related disasters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At a regional level, the worst devastation is in eastern Africa at $5.5 billion, followed by northern Africa at $2.3 billion. The continent\u2019s south suffers damage of approximately $2.3 billion, while $1.58 billion is lost in the west. At a country level, the nations with the worst destruction are South Africa at $1.7 billion, Nigeria with $1.1 billion and Algeria at $1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Smaller nations with sparser infrastructure have fewer losses, although the damage is relatively more significant to their economies. Average annual loss represents 1.5% of Lesotho\u2019s gross domestic product, 1.25% for Mauritius and 1% for Comoros.<\/p>\n<p><b>Source: clubofmozambique<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. The average annual loss of infrastructure including buildings caused by disasters in Africa is $12.7 billion, according to the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure. Of the damage 70% is caused by floods, followed by earthquakes at about 28%, which are less frequent but more catastrophic, the group said in a report on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":61678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-61679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-files","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Disasters damage $12.7bn of African infrastructure a year - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The average annual loss of infrastructure including buildings caused by disasters in Africa is $12.7 billion, according ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Disasters damage $12.7bn of African infrastructure a year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The average annual loss of infrastructure including buildings caused by disasters in Africa is $12.7 billion, according ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-15T22:25:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-15T22:52:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757960370.878315.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"416\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Disasters damage $12.7bn of African infrastructure a year\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-15T22:25:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-15T22:52:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year\"},\"wordCount\":217,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757960370.878315.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"files\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year\",\"name\":\"Disasters damage $12.7bn of African infrastructure a year - Lesotho\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757960370.878315.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-15T22:25:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-15T22:52:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The average annual loss of infrastructure including buildings caused by disasters in Africa is $12.7 billion, according ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757960370.878315.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757960370.878315.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":416,\"caption\":\"Disasters damage $12.7bn of African infrastructure a year\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Disasters damage $12.7bn of African infrastructure a year\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\",\"name\":\"Lesotho\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Disasters damage $12.7bn of African infrastructure a year - Lesotho","description":"The average annual loss of infrastructure including buildings caused by disasters in Africa is $12.7 billion, according ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Disasters damage $12.7bn of African infrastructure a year","og_description":"The average annual loss of infrastructure including buildings caused by disasters in Africa is $12.7 billion, according ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year","og_site_name":"Lesotho","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-09-15T22:25:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-15T22:52:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":416,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757960370.878315.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Disasters damage $12.7bn of African infrastructure a year","datePublished":"2025-09-15T22:25:19+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-15T22:52:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year"},"wordCount":217,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757960370.878315.jpg","keywords":["Lesotho"],"articleSection":["all news","files"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year","name":"Disasters damage $12.7bn of African infrastructure a year - Lesotho","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757960370.878315.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-15T22:25:19+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-15T22:52:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The average annual loss of infrastructure including buildings caused by disasters in Africa is $12.7 billion, according ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757960370.878315.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757960370.878315.jpg","width":720,"height":416,"caption":"Disasters damage $12.7bn of African infrastructure a year"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disasters-damage-12-7bn-of-african-infrastructure-a-year#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Disasters damage $12.7bn of African infrastructure a year"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/","name":"Lesotho","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}