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Expert warns of food crisis in West and Central Africa

3 Feb 2012, IOL

'The [drought] season will come earlier and last longer than usual. This will leave the Sahel hugely reliant on food imports, which will have to be acquired at sky-high prices. This could spell disaster for millions of people whose food needs will rise as their purchasing power plummets'...


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Human Exposure
Hazard type Population
exposed
Percentage of population
Cyclone
Drought 2,844,810
Flood 23,427
Landslide 42
 
Earthquake
Tsunami
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1983 12,500,000
Flood 1991 2,000,000
Flood 1995 700,000
Flood 2007 332,600
Flood 1999 324,602
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
Data version: v11.08   *: Including tsunami
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