This flood can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the Magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on update number 253.

• Flood Magnitude 7.30
• from 01/08/2012 00:00 UTC to 29/08/2012 23:59 UTC
• 32 killed and 154000 displaced

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The hunger wars in our future
Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:27:00 +0200   mondediplo (en)

The Great Drought of 2012 has yet to come to an end, but we already know that its consequences will be severe. With more than one-half of America's counties designated as drought disaster areas, the 2012 harvest of corn, soybeans, and other food staples is guaranteed to fall far short of predictions.

People and organisations: Suzanne Collins  Mohamed Bouazizi  National Weather Service  Hunger Games 

The hunger wars in our future
Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:13:00 +0200   asiatimes (en)

As climate change wreaks agricultural havoc and the "Great Drought of 2012" in the United States, the social unrest and conflict to follow will bring the world closer to the dystopian, resource-scarce future envisioned in The Hunger Games. While that novel depicts gladiatorial designs to suppress a....

People and organisations: Jacques-Edouard Alexis  Suzanne Collins  Mohamed Bouazizi  National Weather Service  Michael T Klare  Hunger Games  Robert Thompson 

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