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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-29-07 11:56 PM
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Heavy rain and floods displace millions in Asia
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Several people have been killed by heavy rain and floods across South Asia, while over one million have been left stranded by rising waters.

Flooding in Nepal, India's northern states and Bangladesh has been caused by a weekend of torrential rain and melting snow from the Himalaya mountains.

With the situation worsening, armies been deployed to assist the displaced populations.

In India's large city of Guwahati in Assam, it is believed 250,000 people are now without homes.

Officials in Bihar's capital, Patna, said more than two million people in 10 districts were stuck in their homes and farms.
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This has all been predicted by Global Warming

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TQVqcdx5RzM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-3jwnasMc-M

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enid602 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-30-07 12:26 AM
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1. India
india is currently building a 2500 mile long steel wall along the Bangladesh border to keep potential climate refugees from immigrating to India.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-30-07 02:23 AM
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2. Gonna get worse.
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-30-07 02:43 AM
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3. Yes
Potentially hundreds of millions of people are going to be displaced/killed by climate change in the next decades.

250K. :(
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