India, Oct. 15 -- Four in five disaster-affected adults (80%) received at least one advance warning, but 36% of those warned were unable to take protective action, according to the World Risk Poll 2026.

The report, based on more than 143,000 interviews across 140 countries and territories, found that adults in low-income countries were nearly twice as likely to experience disasters as those in high-income countries.

Early warning coverage was 64% in low-income countries, compared with 84% in upper-middle- and high-income countries; Central and Western Africa recorded the lowest regional coverage at 47%.

The proportion of people taking protective action rose from 37% among those receiving one warning to 64% among those receiving three, ...