UN Report: Extreme Weather Displaced 2 Million People in 2018

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By GuestMar 30, 2019, 8:14 am206 pts
Read time: 4 mins By Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch. Reposted with permission from EcoWatch. Extreme weather events impacted close to 62 million people in 2018 and displaced more than two million as of September of that year. That's just one of the alarming findings in the UN World Meteorological Organization's…

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