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Tarlay; Cyclone Giri
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nd Myanmar ranks 2 out of 187 > 18 K affected, affected 260,000; EL NIÑO LEVEL
2 countries in the Global Climate >74 killed >45 killed Source: Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Meteorology
Risk Index
May 2008 According to the Myanmar
th Myanmar ranks 9th out of 191
9 countries in the Index of Risk 1
Cyclone Nargis
affected 2.4 M;
Department of Meteorology and
Hydrology, since mid-February
Management (INFORM) >140,000 killed
2016, Myanmar has been
experiencing a severe impact of
Frequency of Earthquakes El Niño including extreme
of Magnitude > 5 on the Ritcher scale
temperatures, unusual rainfall
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patterns, dry soil, high risk of
Earthquakes of magnitude > 5
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on the Ritcher scale Flood-affected townships in 2015 Most Cyclone-prone areas fires and acute water shortages.
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India - Eurasia plate, one of the Approximately 1.7 million temporarily The El Niño impact is expected
4 two main earthquake belts displaced and 172 killed to end in June 2016.
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