ENVIRONMENT-UGANDA: Landslides and floods – Experts Warn Worst is Yet to Come
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Joshua Kyalimpa
KAMPALA, Mar 9 (IPS) – Fourteen-year-old Isaac Wadyegere of Bundesi village in Bududa district woke up to a rainy and chilly Monday morning and went to school as usual.
But Mar. 1 was not a usual day in Bududa district in eastern Uganda. When he [...]
CLIMATE CHANGE-THAILAND: Bangkok: A Future Filled with Floods
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Ron Corben
BANGKOK, Nov 20 (IPS) – Thailand’s capital, dubbed the ‘City of Angels’ and the ‘Venice of the East’, is threatened by long-term flood inundation as rising sea waters triggered by global weather change and monsoonal rains combine.
The 240-year-old Thai capital, located on the Chao Phraya River [...]
ENVIRONMENT: India’s Floods in Retrospect
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Analysis by Neeta Lal
NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (IPS) – ”For almost one full day, we were desperate, wet and hungry,” said Raja Angamutthu. ”Our house, farmland, utensils, everything was floating in a watery grave while we looked on helplessly!”
The third-generation farmer in Andhra Pradesh’s Cudappah district [...]
