Red Cross teams have been placed at the highest level of alert as communities in Northern Luzon brace for Typhoon Mangkhut, expected to make landfall on 15 September.
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More rain forecast as Philippines battles floods and landslides
A total 786,155 people in 667 barangays in seven regions were hit by the combined effects of the monsoon and weather disturbances. Of these, 13,630 are in evacuation centres.
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Volcanic eruption that changed course of disaster risk management
The catastrophe in Colombia 30 years ago saw the introduction in 1989 of the National System for the Prevention of Disasters, which not only embraced improved disaster management but also disaster risk reduction as a policy.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights ongoing humanitarian emergencies
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights ongoing humanitarian emergencies
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights ongoing humanitarian emergencies
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights ongoing conflicts in CAR, South Sudan and Syria
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights ongoing conflicts in CAR, Syria and South Sudan
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights ongoing conflicts and recent natural disasters
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights ongoing conflicts and recent natural disasters
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights ongoing conflicts and recent natural disasters
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights ongoing conflicts and recent natural disasters
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Global emergency overview highlights Syria crisis and effects of Typhoon Haiyan on the Philippines and Viet Nam
Viet Nam has been affected by both Cyclone Podul and Typhoon Haiyan over the past ten days. At least 41 people have been killed in rains triggered by Podul, adding to the 14 people killed during Haiyan.
Government promotes relocation of communities living in floodplains
Many of the 2 million Nigerians who were displaced by the 2012 floods have returned their homes in floodplains, exposing them to the risk of displacement, disease outbreaks and loss of livelihoods.
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Global emergency overview highlights Syria crisis and the spread of violence in Nigeria and Bangladesh
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
Nearly 18,000 children suffer Severe Acute Malnutrition
As of August 2013, a total of 17,964 children with Severe Acute Malnutrition were admitted to 495 UNICEF-supported Community Management of Acute Malnutrition sites across Northern Nigeria.
Lessons of 2012 inform Red Cross response as new floods hit Nigeria
The population is at risk of waterborne diseases as wells are contaminated by flooding. The health and hygiene training that volunteers received during the 2012 floods is paying off as IFRC mobilizes returning volunteers.
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690 people killed in Boko Haram violence since May
The latest humanitarian bulletin for West and Central Africa highlights the crisis in Northeast Nigeria and analyses the effects of rain deficits and floods in the region.
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Floods affect over 320,000 people across West and Central Africa
In August, heavy seasonal rains caused flooding in Benin, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal. So far the extent of flooding and subsequent damage is significantly lower than last year.
Floods test Nigeria’s preparedness
Heavy rains have unleashed floods in parts of Nigeria, testing the country's emergency preparedness one year after its worst flooding in decades. 35,000 people have been affected.