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Southeast Asia is one of the world’s most natural disaster-prone regions. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific estimates that natural disasters drain the region ...
Highly vulnerable to natural disasters and rainfall-induced crises, Uttarakhand has once again established a strong identity ...