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Flood Disaster Ravages Uganda

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Ministry of Disaster Preparedness caught off guard

2007-10-01

Since August, flood rains have ravaged Uganda. State authorities claim at least 49 dead and 400,000 displaced.With no contingency plan in place, and a paltry budget The Ugandan Ministry of Disaster Preparedness was caught off balance. According to Emmanuel Gyehazo of the Ugandan newspaper The Monitor, the government ignored a meteorological report warning of potential flood rains. Criticising the government's delayed reaction Gyehazo said 'like they say, until it rains don't believe what the weatherman says.'

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