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A state of emergency has been declared in the Marshall Islands following severe floods that have swamped the low lying atolls.

Almost a thousand people have been displaced in the capital of Majuro, with another 246 evacuated in the separate island of Arno,
http://www.rtcc.org/2014/03/04/marshall ... p9xPG.dpuf
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Ah yes, it must be that once-in-a-hundred-years time for them again.
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emordnilap wrote:Ah yes, it must be that once-in-a-hundred-years time for them again.
What, you mean like last year's?
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This article has a great headline:
Where Did the Marshall Islands Just Go?
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