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Early warning systems can save lives when cyclones strike

Source(s): United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

After a Category 3 storm ripped through Myanmar’s Irrawaddy delta region on Saturday, the United Nations secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction stressed the importance of having life-saving early warning systems and preparedness programmes in place when cyclones strike.

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