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Pakistan: Devastating Badin deluge

Source(s): Dawn Media Group
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While cyclones, heavy rainsfalls, droughts and floods follow each other often in quick succession in two major disaster prone districts of Pakistan, Nasir Ali Panhwar, writing for Dawn.com, calls for a disaster risk reduction strategy to be developed by designing appropriate structural measures and devising need based, non-structural measures to reduce the risk of disasters.

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Hazards Cyclone, Hurricane and Typhoon Drought Flood
Themes Governance Disaster risk management
Country and region Pakistan

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