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urope is seeing the worst flooding in its history; several rivers have burst their banks and are now overflowing into big cities. Several European countries including Germany, Hungary and Austria are badly affected and people are trying hard to face these horrible floods.

The Danube and Elbe rivers are causing havoc in most European countries and people are trying to avoid further damage from the worst floods in a century.

Because of rising sea levels thousands of Bangladeshi and Indian farmers have lost their properties, and are now finding it hard to provide daily necessities for their families.

Sri Lanka is also experiencing its worst floods, as thousands of people are facing the prospect of migrating. Eastern provinces of China are suffering from the same natural disasters as well.

In contrast, Australia is experiencing its warmest summer ever recorded. Everyone agrees that everything is happening due to climate change and increasing global warming.

The reality is that the effects of global warming are causing misery to millions around the world. Due to the constant rise in the Earth's temperature, some places are seeing increasing floods and other parts are seeing more droughts.

Due to global warming, rising sea levels have become a constant threat to places like the Maldives and Bangladesh. The world is now seeing the worst natural disasters ever.

The US state of Oklahoma was hit by several storms within a month, resulting in damage costing millions of dollars. Unfortunately, despite these grim facts the world the global community has done little to combat these issues.

Environmental conferences held in the past, have failed produce any concrete solutions for climate change, mainly due to the reluctance of the six most powerful industrialized nations to do anything about it.

Khawaja Umer Farooq
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia