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Mali: Faking snow in the desert to boost rain

14 Oct 2009, IRIN

The same technology that ski resorts in rich countries have used for decades to make snow has been brought to sub-Saharan Africa, but with a different aim: to keep crops and communities alive...


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Human Exposure
Hazard type Population
exposed
Percentage of population
Cyclone 0
Drought 33,855
Flood 23,160
Landslide 6
 
Earthquake 0
Tsunami 0
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1980 1,500,000
Drought 2005 1,000,000
Drought 1991 302,000
Flood 2007 47,255
Flood 2007 41,603
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
Data version: v11.08   *: Including tsunami
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