Sea storm threat – the victims will be the people in the countries to be worst hit
Posted by African Press International on May 7, 2009
In Brief: Top 10 African countries most threatened by sea storm surges
 Photo: Keith Marais/IRIN  |
| Sea storm surges could affect more and more people |
NAIROBI, – World Bank researchers have crunched population, economic, and elevation maps to analyse which countries are most at risk from storm surges, assuming a one metre rise in sea level (due to climate change).
An April 2009 report, Sea-Level Rise and Storm Surges – A Comparative Analysis of Impacts in Developing Countries, reveals “very heavy potential losses… [which] further strengthen the case for rapid action to protect endangered coastal populations”.
The 10 countries with the largest increases in at-risk land area are:
Mozambique
Madagascar
Nigeria
Mauritania
Senegal
Guinea-Bissau
Cote d’Ivoire
Gabon
South Africa
Somalia
bp/cb source.www.irinnews.org
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