It said hundreds of millions of people would die of starvation in the 1970s.

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The WFP says that 5, 000-10, 000 people could die of starvation in southern Somalia in August.

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It releases a surge of warm water from the equator which kills off the plankton causing the fish which feed on them to die of starvation and driving the survivors south into Chilean waters.

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Elder care in the community will stop and people who are probably not susceptible to the virus will die of thirst and starvation.

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