Severe weather, including heavy rain, hail and a tornado, affected the province of Jiangsu on 23 June causing widespread damage and casualties. Local media report at least 98 people dead, at least...
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Asia and Pacific - Preparedness and Mitigation Programs Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2008
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BACKGROUND Disasters including...
China: Annual Appeal No. MAACN001 Final Report 2006-2007
This report covers the period of 01/01/06 to 31/12/07 of a two-year planning and appeal process. In brief Programmes summary: Through support of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red...
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East Asia: Appeal No. MAA54001 Final Report 2006-2007
This report covers the period of 01/01/06 to 31/12/07 of a two-year planning and appeal process. In brief Programmes summary: The East Asia regional office has supported country delegations and...
China: Floods Emergency Appeal No. MDRCN002 Operations Update No. 5
Period covered by this Ops Update: 1 November 2007 to 20 January 2008; Appeal target: CHF 9,462,000 (USD 7,692,683 or EUR 5,710,320) for 12 months to assist 400,000 beneficiaries; Appeal coverage:...
Bangladesh + 6 more
Asia Pacific Service Centre: Appeal no. MAA50001, Programme Update no. 4
This report covers the period 1/6/07 to 31/10/07 of the 2006 -2007 Appeal In a world of global challenges, continued poverty, inequity, and increasing vulnerability to disasters and disease, the...
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China: 1.38 billion yuan put into Red Cross relief operations in 2007
In the past year 2007, the Chinese Red Cross put into 1.384 billion yuan in cash and kind put into its relief operations nationwide, which is reveled at the Society's annual board session held in...
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Asia - Pacific: Annual Appeals No. MAA50001 2008-2009
This appeal seeks CHF 2,019,827 (USD 1.8 million or EUR 1.22 million) to fund the planned programmes to be implemented in 2008-2009. Click here for budget summary. This amount will be supplemented by...
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East Asia: Annual Appeal No. MAA54001 2008-2009
This appeal seeks CHF 2,420,630 (USD 2.16 million or EUR 1.47 million) to fund the planned programmes to be implemented in 2008-2009. The overall budget is CHF 2,420,630 (USD 2.16 million or EUR 1.47...
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WMO and Asian members tackle impacts of climate change on agriculture
Info Note No. 41 For use of the information media. Not an official record Hanoi/Geneva, 19 December 2007 (WMO) - With climate change and drought threatening agriculture in Asia, the World...
China: Annual Appeal No. MAACN001 2008-2009
This appeal seeks CHF 4,424,819 (USD 3,779,850 or EUR 2,651,072) to fund the planned programmes that are to be implemented in 2008-2009. The overall budget is CHF 18,357,332 (USD 15,684,750 or EURO...
China: Floods Emergency Appeal No. MDRCN002 Operations Update No. 4
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are...
Typhoon evacuees in south China receive 1,000 tents
BEIJING, Oct 4, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China's Ministry of Civil Affairs has sent 1,000 tents to the southernmost province of Hainan to help shelter hundreds of thousands of people affected by...
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Typhoon Lekima kills 12 in Southeast Asia
KY ANH, Vietnam, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Typhoon Lekima lashed Vietnam and southern China with torrential rains and high winds, killing at least seven people, damaging hundreds of homes and disrupting air,...
Shipping, rail services in S. China resume as Typhoon Lekima weakens
HAIKOU, Oct 4, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Shipping and rail services linking south China's island province of Hainan and the mainland resumed operation on Wednesday as strong tropical storm Lekima...
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China, Vietnam evacuate thousands as storm strikes
HANOI, Oct 3 (Reuters) - China and Vietnam evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from low-lying coastal areas on Wednesday as Typhoon Lekima, packing winds of up to 120 kph (75 mph) blew in from...
Strong tropical storm Lekima leaves China after 225,000 evacuated
Lekima, the 15th severe tropical storm of this year, is leaving China for Vietnam on Wednesday after more than 225,000 people were evacuated in the southernmost Chinese province of Hainan, the local...
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East Asia region Appeal no. 01.69/2003 Programme Update No. 2
Appeal target: CHF 762,888 (USD 524,000 or EUR 517,000) Period covered: June to November 2003 The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilising the power of...
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2002: Natural disasters set to cost over $ 70 Billion
Insurers Warn of Mounting Price Tag of Climate Change at COP8 Meeting Delhi/Nairobi, 29 October 2002 - Record-breaking rains, triggering devastating floods in Europe, destruction of homes across the...
Eleven feared dead after flash floods in northwest China
Beijing (dpa) - Eleven people were feared dead on Monday after torrential rain caused flash floods that swept through northwest China's Qinghai province overnight, state media said. The floods left...