Just four countries account for half of the total population at risk of catastrophic flooding.
assessed the conditions of lakes and the number of people living downstream from them, which has also increased significantly.
The authors say those facing the greatest threat live in mountainous countries in Asia and South America. "People have done a lot of inventory studies [of the lakes] ... but our study has flipped that around.
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