Extracted from UMCOR Hotline 09 Aug 2002
Torrential monsoon rains have caused massive flooding and landslides in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. UMCOR has sent a grant to the Friends Service Council in Nepal which will be used to provide food, cooking materials, and other relief materials. The floods and landslides in Nepal are being described as the worst ever. Nearly 300 people have been killed and more than 50,000 have been displaced. The national highway, which provides access to the mountainous region, has been washed away in more than 20 places. Much of the infrastructure and

by Ruben Alabastro

MANILA, July 4 (Reuters) - A powerful typhoon named "God of Thunder" raged towards flood-stricken China on Thursday while another storm raced across the Pacific Ocean towards Guam and the Marianas islands after killing dozens on another tiny island.

Typhoon Rammasun, Thai for God of Thunder, was expected to brush the coast of China's Zhejiang province late on Thursday, packing powerful winds and heavy rain that would drench Shanghai, Chinese officials and state media said.

The second storm, Typhoon Chata'an was