Thursday, March 29, 2007

Risk of rising seas

Many large cities at risk of rising seas (AP)

Huge waves are seen as Typhoon Longwang pounds Taiwan's southern coast in Kaohsiung October 2, 2005. One in 10 people in the world, mostly in Asia, live in coastal areas at risk from rising seas and more powerful storms that may be caused by global warming, an international study showed on Wednesday. (Samuel Lin/Reuters)AP - More than two-thirds of the world's large cities are in areas vulnerable to global warming and rising sea levels, and millions of people are at risk of being swamped by flooding and intense storms, according to a new study released Wednesday.


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