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 Counting the cost

Environmental disasters, including drought and flood, cost the world more than us $70 billion in 2002, reveals United Nations Environment Programme (unep). This year floods ravaged Europe,

Publication Date: 
29/11/2002
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Floods, Drought, UN, UNEP, Bangladesh, China, Europe, India
India

 Picking up the pieces

BATYA POREY ALORAN (STIRRINGS AFTER THE CYCLONE) . Sumit Chowdhury . Produced by Action Aid . 80 minutes Argues Kolkata-based documentary film maker Sumit Chowdhury, "destruction after any

Publication Date: 
14/11/2002
Manjira Majumdar
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Natural Disasters, Floods, Cyclones, Disaster Management, Rehabilitation, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 Black China

Soot particles are causing intensive droughts and floods in China

Publication Date: 
30/10/2002
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Pollution, Atmosphere, Green House Gases, Aerosols, Floods, Drought, Space Technology, China
Water Resources

 Wreaking havoc

Typhoon Rusa

Publication Date: 
29/09/2002
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Floods, Flood Relief, Governance, South Korea
India

 Drought monitoring: Untapped data

Government does little with records that could help reduce effect of drought on agriculture

Publication Date: 
14/09/2002
Binayak Das
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Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Floods, Drought, Remote Sensing, Research, India, Karnataka
India

 Europe deluged

it is a downpour that has left most parts of central and eastern Europe submerged in misery. Over the past few weeks, unprecedented and severe storms have triggered floods in the region, claiming

Publication Date: 
14/09/2002
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Deforestation, Global Warming, Floods, Europe, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Australia
Water Resources

 Himalayan risks

GEOENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS IN HIMALAYA . Bindhy Wasini Pandey . Published by Mittal Publications . New Delhi . 2002 . 430 pages This book is a research-based

Publication Date: 
14/09/2002
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Himalaya, Forest Fires, Floods, Avalanches, Geology
Agriculture

 Disaster intimation

Forewarned is forearmed. With this motto, Argentina has embarked

Publication Date: 
14/09/2002
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Agriculture, Glaciers, Forest Fires, Droughts, Floods, Disaster Preparedness, Space Technology, Argentina
Agriculture

 Parched and pouring

Vietnam is grappling with the

Publication Date: 
14/09/2002
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Agriculture, Floods, Drought, Vietnam
Water Supply

 A flood without rain

Accelerated melting of glaciers floods Bhakra Nangal dam

Publication Date: 
30/08/2002
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Himalaya, Glaciers, Dams, Bhakra, Global Warming, Floods, Water Supply

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