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Refugees at 'increased risk' from extreme weather

Source(s): British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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By Navin Singh Khadka

Refugees and people displaced within countries because of conflict are increasingly vulnerable to the effects of extreme weather, experts say.

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Extreme weather has even caused secondary displacements for populations that have already had to move.

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Scientists say that extreme weather events will be the new normal if warming continues at its present rate.

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The UN refugee agency said it faced a similar situation in South Sudan, last October when a refugee camp in Maban county, with 15,000 displaced people from the country's neighbour Sudan, was hit by unprecedented flooding.

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