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A million face flood risk

More than a million Georgians could be evacuated after being told they are at risk from catastrophic flooding, landslips and mud flows, says the country's chief environmental adviser. Geologists and other experts are examining mountainsides and river valleys so people in disaster-prone areas can be evacuated in time. The homes of 400,000 families in 3,000 settlements are at risk, says Emi Tsereteli of the State University of Georgia, head of the Environment Ministry emergency taskforce.

- Guardian Newspapers Limited 2006

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