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From Cairo to the Cape, climate change begins to take hold of Africa

1 Dec 2011, Guardian, the

There is evidence of more extreme and unseasonal weather taking place outside the natural variability and cycles of African climate, and that the poorest communities are the least able to adapt...


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Human Exposure
Hazard type Population
exposed
Percentage of population
Cyclone
Drought 302,296
Flood 8,588
Landslide 980
 
Earthquake 102,109
Tsunami
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 2003 1,000,000
Drought 1999 894,545
Drought 1984 420,000
Drought 1996 82,000
Drought 1989 60,000
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
Data version: v11.08   *: Including tsunami
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