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Disastrous year!

  • 30/08/2000

Disastrous year! The year 1999 registered the highest number of disasters since the last 10 years. The trend for the last decade shows that the Asian continent is most frequently hit by disasters. In 1999, nearly 40 per cent of the total disasters took place in Asia. Africa has also seen a gradual increase in the number of disasters in the 1990s

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