The world has experienced three consecutive years where annual economic losses have exceeded $100 billion due to an enormous increase in exposure of industrial assets to extreme disaster events.
World + 8 more
World + 8 more
The world has experienced three consecutive years where annual economic losses have exceeded $100 billion due to an enormous increase in exposure of industrial assets to extreme disaster events.
January saw 27 security incidents involving humanitarian workers in 15 provinces of Afghanistan, driven by active hostilities and physical access constraints related to winter.
Pakistan + 1 more
Attacks against aid workers are threatening life-saving activities they conduct in the neediest parts of the country. Since January 2012, at least 25 aid workers have been killed, 9 have been kidnapped and 14 have been injured in 51 reported incidents. In 2013 alone, 11 aid workers have been killed and 2 injured in 3 incidents
DUBAI, 1 November 2012 (IRIN) - Afghanistan is taking steps to improve its routine immunization coverage, after a drop in coverage led to a sharp increase in measles outbreaks last year, killing more than 300 children. Since the start of the last Afghan winter, in November 2011, 9,000 measles cases...
Afghanistan + 3 more
HIGHLIGHTS 1,386 shelling impacts recorded 17,766 individuals (2,875 families) were recorded as displaced due to conflict 34% of households surveyed in 22 provinces are food insecure 17 reported humanitarian access-related incidents Afghanistan receives US$ $10 million from CERF
By Afrhill Rances in Manila Of the 19 tropical cyclones that entered the Philippines’ territory in 2011, 10 of them brought significant destruction. Among them was Typhoon Nesat, which hit during the last week of September, and was immediately followed by Typhoon Nalgae, during the first week of...
Afghanistan + 2 more
HIGHLIGHTS Average GAM of 18% countrywide and a Southern region average of 29.5% New displacements rise by 15 per cent in June 75 people die in landslides after earthquakes No ERF funding received to date in 2012, US$100,000 available to address emergencies. US$ 10 million...
Paraguay + 4 more
DESTACADOS: PARAGUAY: Las autoridades estiman que aún hay 10,000 familias en necesidad alimentaria. CUBA: Un inusual brote de cólera en la provincia de Granma ha dejado tres muertos. PERÚ: Las autoridades han movilizado más de 92,000 frazadas a las zonas afectadas por las heladas.
Mexico + 4 more
HIGHLIGHTS: PERU: Cold Weather affects about 11,665 people in the Andean region. MEXICO: Hurricane Carlotta affected more than 12,000 families in the state of Oaxaca BOLIVIA: More than 720 confirmed cases of influenza AH1N1.
Philippines + 17 more
DISASTER EVENTS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC IN 2011 Asia and the Pacific continues to live up to its reputation as the world’s most natural-disaster-prone region. The International Disaster Database, EM-DAT, reports 89 natural-disaster events in the region in 2011. In terms of the number of events,...
GENEVA, 19 December 2011 - The UN Secretary General's Special Representative on Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, today extended her sympathy to the people of Mindanao in the Philippines, following the great loss of life resulting from Typhoon Sendong. The UNISDR Chief, Wahlström,...
Afghanistan + 11 more
Rice prices uncertain after Southeast Asian floods International rice prices are uncertain in the wake of flooding that has devastated several nations in Southeast Asia, according to FAO. Despite the loss of a few million tonnes of rice in Thailand because of the floods, FAO has raised its forecast...
Thailand + 5 more
18 October 2011 – The United Nations today voiced deep concern over the devastating floods in Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam and offered to assist the affected countries to respond to the disaster that has claimed hundreds of lives and caused heavy damage to property and infrastructure. Elisabeth...
By Necephor Mghendi and Afrhill Rances in Manila Typhoon Nesat pounded the Philippines early Tuesday, 27 September 2011, triggering floods and widespread damage. Philippine Red Cross (PRC) emergency responders acted swiftly as they supported evacuation efforts in the capital, Manila, and other...