Up to 250,000 children are at risk of malnutrition and disease in southern Madagascar as a political crisis and tropical cyclones exacerbate severe food shortages, the UN children agency said.
UNICEF said that the rains had failed again in the Indian Ocean island's southern region, devastating the last harvest and reducing the amount of safe water available for human consumption.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/madagascar-drought-puts-250000-children-risk
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malnutrition
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cyclones
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/children
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/madagascar
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/norway
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
