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One-Third of Papua New Gineans Suffering Drought Crisis
2015-11-13 08:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: An estimated one-third of the population of Papua New Guinea, the most populous Pacific Island state, is now suffering in from the countrys worst drought this century and experts predict El Ninos influence will carry on through March 2016. Dickson Guina, Chairman of the National Disaster Committee, told IPS that 2.4 million people across most of the nations 22 provinces are confronting a critical lack of food and water. There are also reports of many schools and hospitals forced to close as water...
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