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Torrential rain, lack of preparedness batter Tanzania
2013-02-11 02:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: When the heavy rainfall came last month, floodwaters poured into Magdalena Lweno's house and washed away her hard-won belongings: her mattresses, couches, television set, clothing and her daughter's school books. Worst of all, it took the cooking utensils the mother of three uses to run her business as a food vendor, leaving her without an income. "I can't work right now because my working tools have been swept away,' the 39-year-old resident of low-lying Jangwani suburb complained, from the...
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