A flood is coming: How water risks could top $5.6tr by 2050

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New study explores how drought, flooding, and storms could deliver massive economic losses in coming decades

Water is suddenly everywhere, or rather it is not where it should be. As Pakistan reels from the worst floods in its history, vast swathes of the northern hemisphere bake in heatwaves and droughts that...

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