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*'''Avoidance of natural disasters''' and alleviation of their effects. The failure to do this was typically proved by the consequences of the tsunami in Southeast Asia in 2004, where timely warning could have averted the enormous death toll. It is worth reminding that two billion people live within 100 km of sea cost. Global warming further increases the risk of similar disasters, caused by hurricanes (see the series of hurricanes in the autumn of 2005). | *'''Avoidance of natural disasters''' and alleviation of their effects. The failure to do this was typically proved by the consequences of the tsunami in Southeast Asia in 2004, where timely warning could have averted the enormous death toll. It is worth reminding that two billion people live within 100 km of sea cost. Global warming further increases the risk of similar disasters, caused by hurricanes (see the series of hurricanes in the autumn of 2005). | ||
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