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Chennai Rises

Vikram Kapoor | Vikram Kapoor

19-Jan-16 08:35

Chennai Rises

Chennai's remarkable recovery from its worst floods in recent history has been inspiring despite all the finger-pointing on what actually caused the catastrophe. As global warming experts indicate this could be the start of many more similar natural disasters across the globe, we explore how Chennai dealt with its most devastating floods and the lessons it learned from this calamity.


This is a report by Shawn Tanis and May Barani Lwin.


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Tags:  worst floods,  inspiring recovery,  chennai flood,  start of more disasters,  disaster lessons


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