Ethiopia flood misery mounts


	Ethiopia flood misery mounts

invictus

8-20-2006 9:15 AM

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ethiopia, floods, weather, climate, disasters

invictus says:

In addition to the confirmed deaths, some 250 people are missing and 73,000 are affected, many of them left homeless by the raging waters that have killed thousands of valuable livestock and flooded huge tracts of farmland.

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ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia braced for more damage from deadly nationwide flash floods as the government warned unusually heavy seasonal rains could force the release of water from dangerously swollen dams.
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