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Women Die Than Men as a Result of Natural Disasters
More women die than men as the direct and indirect result of natural disasters, according to research presented at the earlier Royal Geographical Society’s annual conference in London. This effect is strongest in countries with very low social and economic rights for women. In contrast, in those countries, in which women in their everyday lives have almost equal rights as men, natural disasters kill men and women about equally.
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By
Tim Gaynor and Matthew Bigg
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav barged ashore on the U.S. Gulf Coast just west of New Orleans on Monday, hammering the city devastated by Katrina in 2005 with surging floodwaters that threatened its rebuilt levees....
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Nearly 2 Million Fee Hurricane Gustav - International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/09/01/america/OUKWD-UK-STORM-GUSTAV.php
Nearly 2 million people fled the Gulf Coast as Gustav approached and only 10,000 were believed to have remained in New Orleans. More than 11 million residents in five U.S. states were threatened by Gustav....
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