DELTARES, SEPTEMBER 2014
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PHOTO: SAM RENTMEESTER
River floods affect
21 million people every
year, costing an annual
$96 billion worldwide.
If current trends continue,
those numbers will rise
to 54 million people and
$521 billion a year by
2030.
The eleven countries
where the people are
worst hit by flooding
are: India, Bangladesh,
China, Vietnam, Pakistan,
Indonesia, Egypt,
Myanmar (Burma),
Afghanistan, Nigeria
and Brazil.
Two thirds of all countries
affected every year by the
effects of climate change
are small island states.
The IPCC states, in its
fifth climate report
(2013-2014), that it is
highly probable that there
will be more extreme
weather, longer droughts,
more violent storms and
more intense rainfall.
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