2000年全球气象灾害评价

2000年，全球气候持续较常年偏暖。赤道中，东太平洋地区强拉尼娜事件在1月再次达到峰值后，迅速减弱，强拉尼娜事件对全球，特别是对热带地区产生了较大的影响，北半球许多地区冬季出现严寒天气，夏季又遭热浪袭击，严重的高温、干旱、森林大火困扰全球。而亚洲南部、西欧、南部非洲、南美北部的许多地区暴雨频繁。估计气象自然灾害造成全球经济损失达上千亿美元。数亿人口受灾。

Assessment of global weather disasters in 2000

Global climate in 2000 kept warmer than that in normal years. The strong La Nina reached the peak value again over the central and eastern Pacific along the equator in January of 2000 and them became weak rapidly. It impacted the world climate, especially in the tropical regions. Many regions of Northern Hemisphere, suffered bitter cold weather in winter and heat wave in summer. Severe high temperatures, droughts and large forest fires harmed the whole world. But the frequent rain storm hit the southern Asia, western Europe, southern Africa and northern south America. It is estimated that the economic loss caused by weather natural disasters in 2000 is up to over $100 billion in the world and hundreds of million of people are affected by the disasters.