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Countries of Concern: Natural Hazards
01 Aug 2005
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Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch (ODAP) United Nations World Food Programme
The Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch (ODAP) of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) are collating evidence from diverse sources to provide monthly updates on the countries around the world vulnerable to the effects of serious natural hazards.
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A boy holds a bag filled with fried locusts near Radaa city, 140 km (87 miles) southeast of Sanaa September 1, 2007. It is common among Yemenis to catch locusts to eat them later or sell them, as officials say the insect has swept across the farmlands in the worst plague to hit this impoverished Arab country since 1993.

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