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Global warming concerns after Africa deluge

By Matthew Green and Fiona Harvey in London and Barney Jopson in Nairobi

Published: September 19 2007 04:27 | Last updated: September 19 2007 04:27

More than 1m people have been hit by some of the worst floods in Africa in a generation, fuelling concerns over the continent’s exposure to extreme weather events linked to climate change.

Experts from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a UN-convened body of scientists, warned in a report on Tuesday that the consequences of rising temperatures are already being felt around the world, naming Africa as one of the areas most affected by global warming.

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