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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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