Flood loss assessment system was developed on the basis of flood hazard mapping, which played a key role in protecting typhoon and flood and also provided a scientific base for making decision.

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.

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.