248 milliion people drowning

Oxfam is calling on governments to agree a mandate to negotiate a global deal that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide assistance to developing countries to cope with the impact of climate change when they meet at a UN conference in Bali next month.
It says rich countries must move first and fastest since they are most responsible for climate change.
Oxfam International - which has its administrative headquarters in Oxford - wants the governments of rich countries and the UN to make humanitarian aid faster, fairer and more flexible.
It also wants them to find better ways to prepare for disasters but also to reduce the risk.
Oxfam said the increase in extreme climatic events is in line with climate models developed by the international scientific community.
The report said the number of people affected by disasters has risen by 68%, from an average of 174 million a year between 1985 to 1994 to 254 million a year between 1995 to 2004. Earlier this year the Asian floods alone affected 248 million people.
There has been a six-fold increase in floods since 1980. The number of floods and wind-storms have risen from 60 in 1980 to 240 last year. The number of geothermal events, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, has stayed relatively static.