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Heavy Floods Widespread Across Asia

Geneva, 30 September - UNISDR Chief Margareta Wahlström today expressed concern at the great number of people who have lost their lives or have been affected by severe floods currently ravaging many countries across Asia. Heavy rains due to the monsoon season have already claimed hundreds of lives and adversely affected millions of people in Thailand,…
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Pakistan President tells UNISDR he will champion disaster risk reduction

GENEVA, 7 October - UN Disaster Risk Reduction Chief, Margareta Wahlström, met today for the first time with Pakistan’s President, Asif Ali Zadari, to discuss how Pakistan responds to “the new normal” in dealing with floods which have inundated the country for two successive years. President Zadari agreed to step up efforts to improve early warning in…

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