The Americas are notoriously disaster-prone, but the region has been spared the scale of Japan's triple tragedies, which quickly became the most costly natural disaster on record.

美洲以灾害频发出名，但今年并未经历像日本三重悲剧那样的打击。日本大地震和海啸迅速成为该国有史以来最昂贵的自然灾害。

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Starting in the cyclone-prone region of the Sunderbans in West Bengal, Dilip is enabling communities to use disaster management as a starting point from which to launch efforts to prioritize real needs and design programs that both strengthen communities for the long-term and further the aims of sustainable development.

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