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 Stories About: Asia AND climate AND climate change impacts AND severe weather
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Ten thousand dead
Myanmar cyclone is a portent of disasters to come |
Ryan Avent |
05 May 2008 |
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| At least 10,000 people lost their lives when a tropical cyclone struck the nation of Myanmar, in Southeast Asia. Perhaps the jury is still out on the extent to which storm intensity can be related to climate change. What is clear is that sea-level rise will make future storms, more intense or no, much more deadly in many developing nations. We can talk about pain at the pump for Americans being a serious problem, but it pales in comparison to the threat to human life pose ... |
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| Topics: Asia, climate, climate change impacts, severe weather (all these topics) |
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