Examples of using Floods and droughts in English and their translations into Russian
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Coping with floods and droughts;
Floods and droughts occur in the same area within months of each other.
The region is highly vulnerable to extreme hydrological events such as floods and droughts.
More frequent floods and droughts are predicted.
Global warming has triggered more and more frequent cyclones, typhoons,extreme floods and droughts.
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Floods and droughts affect 270 million peopleand kill over 100,000 every year.
Dams and reservoirs can also be efficient means of addressing floods and droughts.
The floods and droughts during 2007 and 2008 were some of the most devastating in recent times.
Of people exposed to earthquakes,cyclones, floods and droughts live in developing countries.
Over the past decades the Acre River Basin faced extreme weather events such as floods and droughts.
Lately, floods and droughts have devastated cropsand agricultural production in our region.
Soils store and filter water,improving our resilience to floods and droughts.
We are witnessing floods and droughts, particularly in subSaharan Africa, of a scale and magnitude unheard of previously.
Predicted costs included the potential need for infrastructure investments to protect against floods and droughts.
Cyclones, floods and droughts have long been part of the country's history but they have intensified in recent years.
Support is also given to efforts by national Hydrological Services in the forecasting of major floods and droughts.
Floods and droughts have reduced agricultural productionand contributed to the sharp rises in food prices.
Climate change is intensifying a variety of disasters, including extreme weather events,storm surges, floods and droughts.
Water-related natural disasters,such as floods and droughts, are undermining economic development in many Asia-Pacific countries.
We have recently witnessed devastating natural events throughout the world, from earthquakes to volcano eruptions, floods and droughts.
Increased frequency and severity of climatic events, such as floods and droughts, affecting both natural assetsand human security;
Joint activities of the forest and water sectors,including mitigation of natural hazards such as floods and droughts;
In critical situations,such as accidental pollution of transboundary waters, floods and droughts, the Riparian Parties should provide mutual assistance upon request.
Social and economic systems have been affected by the high economic losses resulting from catastrophic weather events such as floods and droughts.
Natural disasters, such as heat-waves, floods and droughts, cause severe human suffering, great loss of lifeand substantial financial loss each year.
Climate variability and change might cause death and disease through natural disasters,such as heatwaves, floods and droughts.
The most vulnerable to the impacts of intense storms, floods and droughts are frequently those who already live in povertyand whose human rights are less well protected.
Climate change will have significant impacts on the hydrologic cycle,affecting both the availability of fresh water and the frequency of floods and droughts.
In China, it was a result of treating deforestation in a holistic way and recognizing that floods and droughts in the late 1990s were caused by heavy deforestation in watersheds.
There appears to be an emerging consensus among scientists that each year we are witnessing increasing numbers of catastrophic events linked to global warming:hurricanes, floods and droughts.