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Children in Crisis: Asia Pacific disasters.Three separate natural disasters have hit the Asia-Pacific region in the last week of September causing devastation for families and children there.

Three separate natural disasters have hit the Asia-Pacific region in the last week of September causing devastation for families and children there.

Typhoons have had a devastating impact on children in South East Asia, affecting around 2.5 million people in the Philippines alone.

On September 30, two earthquakes struck off the coast of West Sumatra Indonesia. Tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes - a third of them children

On September 29, Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga were hit by a tsunami, following an earthquake that struck off the coast of Samoa

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