Disasters quadruple over last 20 years

by steve468 | November 26, 2007 at 08:07 am
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LONDON (Reuters) - Weather-related disasters have quadrupled over the last two decades, Oxfam said in a report published on Sunday.
 
From an average of 120 disasters a year in the early 1980s, there are now as many as 500, with Oxfam attributing the rise to unpredictable weather conditions cause by global warming.
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Rob Walker
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at 08:19 on November 26th, 2007

More conclusive proof that we're damaging our environment and ourselves, thanks for posting this steve.

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