TITLE

The land of killer floods

PUB. DATE

August 1993

SOURCE

U.S. News & World Report;8/9/93, Vol. 115 Issue 6, p18

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports that half a world away from America's flooded Midwest, torrential rains are sending floodwaters raging in China, Japan, India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Differing numbers of deaths between America and other flooded countries; Why topography is partly to blame; Rising casualty rates.

ACCESSION #

9308040040

 

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