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Green Flood alert in India from 04/08/2012 00:00 UTC to 06/08/2012 23:59 UTC
GDACS Event Report - Summary

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This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the Magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on update number 250.

  • Flood Magnitude 5.15
  • from 04/08/2012 00:00 UTC to 06/08/2012 23:59 UTC
  • 30 killed and 1200 displaced

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Articles: 4 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

The hunger wars in our future
Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:27:00 +0200   mondediplo (en)

The Great Drought of 2012 has yet to come to an end, but we already know that its consequences will be severe. With more than one-half of America's counties designated as drought disaster areas, the 2012 harvest of corn, soybeans, and other food staples is guaranteed to fall far short of predictions.

People and organisations: Suzanne Collins  Mohamed Bouazizi  National Weather Service  Hunger Games 

The hunger wars in our future
Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:13:00 +0200   asiatimes (en)

As climate change wreaks agricultural havoc and the "Great Drought of 2012" in the United States, the social unrest and conflict to follow will bring the world closer to the dystopian, resource-scarce future envisioned in The Hunger Games. While that novel depicts gladiatorial designs to suppress a....

People and organisations: Jacques-Edouard Alexis  Suzanne Collins  Mohamed Bouazizi  National Weather Service  Michael T Klare  Hunger Games  Robert Thompson 

World: Climate-Battered South Asia Looks to Rio+20 Formula
Mon, 06 Aug 2012 06:50:00 +0200   reliefWeb (en)

Source: Inter Press Service Country: World , Bangladesh , Bhutan , India , Myanmar , Nepal , Pakistan By Ranjit Devraj NEW DELHI, Aug 3 2012 (IPS) - Far-flung South Asian communities, from the high Himalayan slopes to the Indian Ocean coasts, united in the face of extreme and uncertain weather,....

People and organisations: David Molden  Max Martin  United Nations  Mizanur Rahman  National Disaster Management Authority  Development Programme  International Fund  הפנל הבין ממשלתי לשינוי האקלים 

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