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Burma, Yemen and Vietnam Hardest Hit by Extreme Weather in 2008
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 :The World Meteorological Organization announced today that 2009 will likely be the fifth warmest on record and the first decade of this century the hottest since records began.
Meanwhile, here in Copenhagen, the environmental group Germanwatch issued a new report ranking the countries hardest hit by extreme weather based on socioeconomic data. For 2008, Burma topped the list, followed by Yemen and Vietnam. The United States ranked fifth, higher than any other industrial nation.
Christoph Bals, political director of Germanwatch
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