Flood

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31 May 2003

Algeria
French disaster relief loan to Algeria following quake

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— Agence France-Presse

PARIS, May 31 (AFP) - France will provide a reconstruction loan of 30 to 50 million euros (35-59 million dollars) to Algeria on specially favourable terms following an earthquake that has claimed more than 2,000 lives, Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said Saturday.

A credit line with extremely low interest rates would be opened for urban repair and infrastructure restoration, said a statement following talks between Raffarin and Algerian Finance Minister Abdelatif Benachenhou.

The Algerian government on Friday announced

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31 May 2003

Algeria + 1 other
Red Crescent relief aids to Algeria and Sri Lanka

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— Iranian Red Crescent

The second relief shipment of the IRCS was despatched by an aircraft to Algeria on 29 May. The consignment weighting 21 MT consisted of 300 relief tents, 3,000 blankets, 5,000 canned food, 200 cartons of utensil sets and 20,000 bars of soap. The assistance was the second Red Crescent relief shipment with a total value of USD 69,000 sent for assisting newly quake-stricken people of Algeria.
Following the occurrence of flood in southern Sri Lanka, a humanitarian relief aid of the IRCS with a total value of USD 65,625 was also transmitted by air to flood-stricken Sri Lanka.

31 May 2003

Somalia
UNICEF Somalia Review May 2003

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— UN Children's Fund

Flooding in Central and Southern Somalia monitored, with support given to affected areas...
During May, UNICEF and partners closely monitored the changing environmental conditions in the Central and Southern Region of Somalia, as the Gu rainy season was underway bringing heavy rains to the country and to nearby Ethiopia and threatening to cause significant flooding along the Shabelle River.

Near the end of April, humanitarian agencies noted with concern the torrential rainfall in Ethiopia, which caused extremely

31 May 2003

Kenya + 1 other
Kenya Humanitarian Update May 2003

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— UN Resident Coordinator

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The government has announced an intention to look for external experts to help harness flood waters especially in the Lake Victoria Basin. Holland and China have been suggested as countries which could be approached for expertise owing to their success in controlling water.

The government wants to build dams in Budalang'i, Busia, to control flooding. But the country does not have a free hand because the Nile Basin Treaty binds countries not to dam waters in the catchment area owing to its importance as source of River Nile.

The Government is in discussions with

31 May 2003

Sri Lanka
USAID Field Report Sri Lanka May 2003

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— US Agency for International Development

Program Description

USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) Sri Lanka program seeks to stabilize and enhance the political space needed to further a peace process that has been underway since the signing of the February 2002 ceasefire agreement. OTI has two main objectives - mitigating conflict and building constituencies for peace.

Based on these objectives OTI will deliver visible, high impact peace dividends, promote efforts to lessen the influence of potential spoilers of the peace process, and support conflict mitigation

30 May 2003

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Flooding and Landslides Emergency Appeal No. 13/03 Operations Update no. 2

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— IFRC

Period covered: 23-26 May, 2003
Appeal launched on 20 May 2003 for CHF 1,212,000 (USD 934,598or EUR 801,424) for three months for 125,000 beneficiaries. This operation will be revised and scaled up based on the results of the ongoing FACT/RDRT assessment.

Disaster Relief Emergency Funds (DREF) allocated: CHF 50,000

30 May 2003

Afghanistan + 25 others
WFP Emergency Report No. 22 of 2003

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— World Food Programme

This report includes:
A) Middle East and Central Asia: (1) Iraq, (2) Iran, (3) Afghanistan, (4) Pakistan

B) East and Central Africa: (1) Republic of Congo, (2) DR Congo, (3) Burundi, (4) Rwanda, (5) Tanzania, (6) Kenya, (7) Sudan, (8) Eritrea, (9) Ethiopia

C) West Africa: (1) Côte d'Ivoire, (2) Mauritania

D) Southern Africa: (1) Namibia, (2) Angola, (3) Zambia, (4) Malawi, (5) Zimbabwe, (6) Swaziland, (7) Lesotho, (8) Madagascar

E) Asia: (1) DPR Korea

30 May 2003

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 6

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Ref. OCHA/GVA - 2003/0085
OCHA Situation Report No. 6
Sri Lanka - Floods
30 May 2003

This report is based on information received from the UNDAC team in Sri Lanka.

The Government of Sri Lanka has requested international assistance.

I. SITUATION

1. As a result of improvements in the weather, water levels in Matara District has dropped to 0.8 metres and the flooding in the district will have totally subsided within 48 hours. By this time, flooding in all districts will then have subsided.

2. There has been good progress

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30 May 2003

Sri Lanka
Life returning to normal in flooded areas

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— Government of Sri Lanka

Life in the flood affected areas is gradually returning to normal with flood waters receding and increasing contact with the displaced victims, the Prime Minister's representative in the Disaster Management Committee, Power and Energy minister Karu Jayasuriya said yesterday.

Addressing a media briefing in Colombo Minister Jayasuriya said: "We have been able to bring life back to normality in the flood affected areas in a much shorter spell than expected." "The biggest challenge now before us is resettling the displaced families," Jayasuriya said.

30 May 2003

Mozambique
Mozambique: How to keep children in school: Support the grandparents

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— HelpAge International

Living Together is a community-based programme in Tete province, Mozambique that supports the rising numbers of older people who are bringing up orphans. It helps them to make ends meet and send the children to school. HelpAge International has developed this two-year programme with UNICEF.
No money for books

Maria Dosiole Qalquer is in her 60s. Her daughter died of AIDS in 1995 and a month later, Maria's son-in-law died too.

Maria is now struggling to bring up her four grandchildren, including ten-year-old Wade Antonio. His clothes are

30 May 2003

Algeria + 2 others
Emergency Preparedness and Response Highlights May 2003

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— World Health Organization

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WHO RECOMMENDS CLOSE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE IN FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS IN SRI LANKA
Sri Lanka is facing a heightened risk of communicable disease outbreaks in the wake of the severe floods and landslides which have affected the country recently, WHO alerted. The most likely outbreaks are likely to be of waterborne diseases such as diarrhoeas and of vector-borne diseases caused when mosquitoes and other insects breed in dirty and stagnant waters. WHO is moving quickly to support the country to prevent large-scale outbreaks.

On 17 May extreme flash floods and landslides

29 May 2003

World
Africa Weather Hazards Assessment

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— Famine Early Warning System Network, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Agency for International Development, US Geological Survey

29 May 2003

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka seeks urgent help for flood-hit children

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— Agence France-Presse

COLOMBO, May 29 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is seeking urgent help to provide books, clothing and basic stationery for thousands of children who had lost their homes in recent floods, officials said Thursday.

The Social Services Ministry said it was looking for at least 3,000 foster parents to help children in dire economic circumstances in the flood-affected southern and south-central regions of the island.

"A foster parent needs to pay only 9,000 rupees (92 dollars) to ensure a steady monthly stipend to take care of the basic needs of a child," a spokeswoman for the ministry said.

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29 May 2003

Sri Lanka
Flooding in Sri Lanka worst since 1947, say Christian Aid partners

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— Christian Aid

Flooding in Sri Lanka has killed around 280 people and made at least 175,000 others homeless, according to Christian Aid partner National Christian Council of Sri Lanka (NCC).
One day of unusually heavy rainfall at the start of the monsoon season caused landslides and some villages have been submerged under seven feet of water. 'It's the worst flooding we've seen in 56 years,' says the Reverend Ebenezer Joseph, NCC general secretary.

The flooding is concentrated in the Ratnapura, Matara and Galle areas in the south of Sri Lanka. Since it happened 10

28 May 2003

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Floods - Location Map

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Map is an updated version of map created 19 May.
Image courtesy Hal Pierce, Tropical Rainfall
Measuring Mission (TRMM) Science Team,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

28 May 2003

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 5

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2003/0083
OCHA Situation Report No. 5
Sri Lanka - Floods
28 May 2003

This report is based on information received from the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka, the UNDAC Team, and the Sri Lankan Government authorities.

The Government of Sri Lanka has requested international assistance.

I. SITUATION

1. The weather has remained fine and the only area still flooded is in Matara district. Even there the floodwater is less than one meter high. Five out of eight large pumping stations are

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28 May 2003

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: World Vision provides relief to flood/landslide affected families in Ratnapura

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— World Vision

Ratnapura, the gem capital of Sri Lanka, was left devastated after the flash floods that affected Sri Lanka last week. Thousands of families are homeless and many have lost their loved ones. Fourteen out of seventeen village divisions of the district are buried due to landslides that occurred one after the other. Elapatha and Kahawatte are the most devastated areas due to their hilly positioning.
Around 1,100 families lost their homes and belongings. World Vision delivered two lorry loads of dry food items to thousand displaced families in the Elapatha areas over the weekend.

28 May 2003

Sri Lanka
Red Cross takes lead in clean water for Sri Lanka flood victims

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— IFRC

by Ranjit J Perera in Hambantota
Red Cross volunteers in Sri Lanka have exceeded targets by cleaning 335 contaminated wells in four days since beginning operations in the flood affected Hambantota District in southeast Sri Lanka.

"An average of 50 wells per day could be cleaned," said K.H. Premathilaka, secretary of the Sri Lanka Red Cross (SLRCS) branch in Hambantota.

Heavy rains which lashed the districts of Ratnapura, Kalutara, Galle, Matara and Hambantota on May 17 triggered floods and landslides leaving death and destruction in its wake. Several

28 May 2003

Sri Lanka
MERCY Malaysia sends flood relief to Sri Lanka

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— MERCY Malaysia

By Aishah
A team of six led by MERCY Malaysia's exco, Norazam Abu Samah flew to Sri Lanka on Tuesday May 27, 2003 to provide medical and humanitarian aid to flood victims. The team is made up of three medical and three non-medical volunteers. Other team members are Dr. Susan Mary Crispin, Dr. Cheah Phee Kheng, Dr. Prem Kumar, Major (R) Abdul Rashid Mahmud and Ong Ju Lyn.

The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday May 20, 2003 made an urgent appeal for international assistance including money, food and medical relief.

MERCY Malaysia's president, Dato' Dr.

28 May 2003

Sri Lanka
Indian UN Volunteers bring relief to Sri Lanka flood victims

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— UN Volunteers

Eight national UN Volunteers from India joined relief operations in southern Sri Lanka just days after unprecedented floods and landslides claimed over 260 lives in the country's worst disaster in 50 years.
Since 16 May, some 500 people are missing and over 177,000 people have been rendered homeless in the floodwaters. Victims and rescue workers fear that additional landslides could worsen the situation. Communication and power lines have been damaged and roads and bridges washed away. Housed in schools and temples, the people are

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