English.news.cn 2011-07-22 05:52:58 BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Various kinds of disasters in China left 7,844 people dead or missing and affected a total of 430 million persons last year, according...
China: Wildfire - Dec 2010 Updates
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A Year of Living Dangerously: A Review of Natural Disasters in 2010
INTRODUCTION Almost 300 million people were affected by natural disasters in 2010. The large disasters provided constant headlines throughout the year, beginning with the devastating earthquake in...
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Climate Change and Migration in Asia and the Pacific
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Governments in Asia and the Pacific need to prepare for a large increase in climate-induced migration in the coming years, says a forthcoming report by the Asian Development...
China's 2010 grain output expected to rise despite floods, drought
China's grain production will increase 15.6 billion kilograms to 546.4 billion kilograms this year as farmers' per capita net income grows 10 percent to 5,800 yuan (865.7 U.S. dollars), according to...
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ASIA-PACIFIC REGION 1 - 7 DEC 2010 - Natural Disasters and Other Events being monitored by the OCHA Regional Office for the Asia-Pacific
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Deadly grassland fire put out in SW China, two critically injured
CHENGDU, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Fire fighters Monday put out a wild fire that raged for about 24 hours on a plateau grassland in southwest China's Sichuan Province, leaving 22 dead and four injured. Two...
Grassland fire in southwest China kills at least 22
English.news.cn, 2010-12-05 23:46:45 CHENGDU, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- A spreading grassland fire in a mountainous Tibetan region in southwest China proved deadly when it trapped soldiers and local...