Assam Floods IND122
Appeal Target: US$ 451,273

Geneva, 13 July 2012

Dear colleagues,

Appeal Target: US$ 291,702. This preliminary appeal covers the initial plans of CASA and UELCI, key members of the ACT India forum with extensive experience in responding to emergencies. They plan to provide food, NFI and shelter support to 9,700 worst affected households.

Appeal Target: US$612,174

Dear colleagues,

An earthquake measuring 6.8 on Richter scale, neighbouring states on 18 th September 2011. The quake, with its epicentre at Mangan, 54 kms from Gangtok on the Sikkim-Nepal border, was experienced even in Bhutan, Tibet and Nepal, with limited damage in these regions as well. Since then many aftershocks have been experienced, causing increasing panic among the surviving population.

Appeal Target: US$ 174,337

Balance Requested: US$ 4,610

Geneva, 17 August 2011

Dear Colleagues,

On 6 August 2010 the town of Leh in Ladakh, in northeastern Jammu & Kashmir state, experienced an extremely heavy cloudburst which lasted several hours. This in turn triggered raging floods and landslides.
Hundreds of homes were destroyed and people marooned. More than 200 mud-built houses were washed away. The district hospital was submerged and the radio station damaged. Electricity cables and telecommunication pylons were damaged or destroyed.

Geneva 20 December 2010

Dear Colleagues,

The persistence of a low pressure in the Bay of Bengal brought heavy rains in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry from mid November 2010. The months November and December mark the monsoon period but this was quite different from the usual, with continuing low pressures resulting in sustained rains for more than two weeks. Even districts which do not normally get much monsoon rain have received substantial rains this time. These heavy rains and subsequent flooding and landslides have created

Appeal Target: US$ 1,131,182
Balance Requested: US$ 1,067,607

Geneva, 17 September 2010

Dear Colleagues,

The town of Leh in Ladakh, in northeastern Jammu & Kashmir state, experienced deadly flash floods caused by a cloudburst lasting several hours on 6 August 2010. This in turn triggered raging floods and landslides. Hundreds of homes were destroyed and people marooned. More than 200 mud-built houses were washed away. The district

Balance requested: US$ 461,239

Geneva, 30 June 2010

Dear Colleagues,

On 13th April 2010 at approximately 11 pm Indian local time, a severe storm struck parts of Bangladesh and Eastern India. The storm lasted for about 90 minutes, with the most intense portion spanning 30-40 minutes. The severe storm killed 134 people in India. 90 people died in the Indian state of Bihar, 40 in West Bengal state, and 4 in Assam state. Most of the deaths were women and children crushed when their huts were destroyed. Over 407,220 dwellings were destroyed in India

In brief

Programme purpose: The purpose of disaster management is to reduce the number of deaths, injuries and impact from disasters.

The overall purpose of the health and care programme is to improve the Indian Red Cross Society's (IRCS) capacity in planning to raise awareness on the preventive health needs and responding to public health emergencies, including HIV/AIDS, through prevention, care and support by strengthening the Red Cross volunteer (RCV) network.

IRCS has improved capacity to provide

Geneva, 16 November 2009

Dear Colleagues,

Since the beginning of November, heavy rains and subsequent flooding and landslides have created damage and displacement rendering thousands of people homeless in the state of Tamil Nadu. Seven districts of Tamil Nadu have been worst affected by the floods. Landslides in hilly Theni district resulted in 45 deaths. Nilgiris was also badly affected as it received very heavy rainfall of 951mm for a prolonged period of 12 days starting from 1st November 2009. The death toll related to the