'Billions' affected by disasters
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Natural disasters are affecting more and more people, the UN says ahead of a  conference on reducing the risks.
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More than 1 million people in South Asia's Bay of Bengal could be swept to their deaths by a tsunami if a giant earthquake were to hit off the coast of Myanmar, according to a study published Thursday.
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Governments, aid agencies, insurers and travel firms are counting the cost of the massive earthquake and waves that hammered southern Asia.
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The disaster took more than 50,000 lives, and rebuilding could top $10 billion. However, Asia&#39;s economic growth may escape the worst.
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At least a million people in South Asia's Bay of Bengal could be swept to their deaths by a tsunami if a giant earthquake hits off the coast of Myanmar, according to a study published Thursday.
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Major reinsurers will face new costs after the catastrophe caused by the tsunamis in southern Asia, though experts say the financial impact is likely to less than that of other disasters this year.
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A round-up of the death tolls and state of affairs in countries hit by the 26 December earthquake and tsunami.
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Â· Nearly 200 drowned and 650,000 homes destroyed Â· UN appeals for aid as food sent to seven countries
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Earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters could kill millions in the world's teeming megacities and time is running out to prevent such a catastrophe, the United Nations point man on emergency relief said on Tuesday.
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UNITED NATIONS  - The United Nations said that the biggest disaster relief operation ever staged would be needed for the Asian tsunami victims as medicines and other emergency supplies started pouring into the worst hit zones.
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Hundreds of thousands of Africans are at risk of disease, amid devastating floods, the UN warns.
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United Nations, Dec 31. (PTI):More than 500 million dollars, half by the World Bank, have so for been pledged to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of the victims of weekend&#39;s tsunamis but the disaster
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Hundreds are reported dead in Sri Lanka and many other countries are affected, from India to Indonesia. Readers of the BBC News website have been sending in their own experiences of the disaster.
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Bodies washed up on tropical beaches and piled up in hospitals Monday, raising fears of disease across a 10-nation arc of destruction left by a monster earthquake and walls of water that killed more than 22,000 people. Thousands were missing and millions homeless.
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A massive clear-up is taking place after flooding damage estimated at hundreds of millions of pounds.
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THE human cost already exceeds many earlier disasters, but the latest catastrophe to strike Asia is expected to cast a smaller economic shadow.
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The relief effort moves in fits and starts in 11 nations where infrastructure has been destroyed and disease looms. By Chris Brummitt / Associated Press.