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is the VOA Special English Development Report.

This summer, heavy rains and flooding have caused than five hundred deaths in South Asia. More than million people have been forced from their homes. Huge of cropland, animals and property have been destroyed. and aid groups say a public health crisis threatens thirty million people throughout India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

The Meteorological Organization says the rain in South Asia is one of many extreme weather events this year. United Nations agency announced last week that January and were the warmest months on record worldwide. The discovery to support environmental changes confirmed by the UNs Intergovernmental on Climate Change in February. The group said it was more than ninety percent sure that carbon and other heat-trapping gases from human activities have been main cause of global warming.

The World Meteorological Organization noted extreme weather in other areas. It said rains in China in June affected more than thirteen people. In February, Mozambique had the worst flooding six years. It said record-breaking heat was reported southeastern Europe and central Russia earlier this year. full report on weather in two thousand seven will released at the end of the year.

UN weather agency says it is working with its to establish an early warning system for climate extremes. It is also creating a long-term observation system to the effects of climate change.

One such could be a lack of food and the risk hunger in developing countries. The head of the UN and Agriculture Organization warned last week that climate change hurt food production in warm southern areas of the . Jacques Diouf spoke in India. He said that will likely decrease in seasonally dry countries as average temperatures rise. However, he said small temperature increases could crops in most industrialized nations.

Mister Diouf for an intense scientific effort to develop crops that grow in future weather conditions. He said one example genetically changed crops that will grow in extreme temperatures, conditions or poor soil.

And that's the VOA Special Development Report, written by Jill Moss. Im Shep ONeal'.

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