Drought in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, a poor maize harvest in the us, and the loss of most of Pakistan's stored grain in its recent flood disaster have all hit at roughly the same time.

俄罗斯，哈萨克斯坦和乌克兰大旱，美国玉米欠收，而巴基斯坦因为其最近的大洪水损失了大部分的储备粮食，这些几乎都在同时发生着。

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Little has been said in the media about climate change and health - usually what we hear about is polar bears, loss of the ice cap, dying species and flood risks.

媒体总是把注意力放在北极熊、冰盖融化、濒危物种和洪水的危险上，极少提及气候变化对人类健康的影响。

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A great flood, fire, earthquake, or great loss of money is a disaster.

大洪水，火灾、地震或重大的金钱损失是一种大灾难。

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The flood of job loss we saw at the beginning of this year slowed to a relative trickle last month.

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For example Canvey Island, which saw a terrible loss of life in the flood, has three times more people than 60 years ago.

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Cattle drowned can be crudely counted (140, 000, says one estimate for Argentina's Santa Fe province, stretched along 800km of the Parana), and the loss of crops ruined by flood or drought can be reckoned, but the long-term effects may take years to show up.

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