Geneva/Oslo, 6 June 2011 – Over 42 million people across the world were forced to flee due to disasters triggered by sudden‐onset natural hazards in 2010, according to a new study by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)’s Geneva‐based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). In 2009,...
Mexico: Floods and Landslides - Jul 2010
Disaster description
Hurricane Frank approached Mexico's pacific border displacing more than 7,000 people and leaving four dead from a mudslide. Hurricane Frank created torrential rains in Guatemala leaving fifty people dead from landslides. For months several cities in Mexico suffered from flooding and mudslides. The government aid continued into November as did the rains and storms. Finally, in December 2010 many districts began to declare an end to the emergency.
