People die, homes burn, livelihoods are destroyed.

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But many villagers who depend on raising poultry have been reluctant to do so, fearing their livelihoods would be destroyed.

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Millions of acres of fertile farmland has been flooded, livelihoods ruined, crops destroyed, and homes lost.

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