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Floods account for 40% of the natural disasters that occur in developed and developing countries3. A major consequence of floods is the accompanying nutritional challenge to maintain public health1. While the nutritional management of flood-affected areas is a global challenge that has been researched by the World Health Organization (WHO), it seems to, nevertheless, hit hard when a region experiences it unprepared, and for the first time. I think of it, now,  because Chennai (formerly Madras) a coastal city in the south east of India where I was born and still have family and friends is being ravaged by floods in an unprecedented manner resulting in devastating loss of life and property.

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