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Note: This article was written in 2008 as part of project to support Sida to integrate climate change into their country assistance programmes.
Current Climate and hazards
The main climatic hazards in Timor Leste are floods, landslides and tropical cyclones, with drought a hazard in the North of the country. Temperatures are high and vary little with seasons, with annual averages around 24 degrees Celsius at sea-level, which decline as altitude rises in the mountain range which runs…