The forested slopes that surround Freetown once provided natural protection for the city, but have now been denuded for largely illegal construction.
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Six months on from Sierra Leone mudslide, 44% of affected families have no income
Street Child found that 44% of families affected by the flooding and mudslide have no source of income – a drastic increase from the 5% of households in this position before the mudslide.
Estudio evalúa el impacto socioeconómico de las inversiones en prevención y reducción de riesgos: el caso de Tabasco, México
El presente análisis tiene por objetivo evaluar el impacto de las inundaciones en el estado de Tabasco entre los años 2007 y 2010 y de las inversiones en RRD en el bienestar socioeconómico de la población de Tabasco.
Survivors of Sierra Leone mudslide fear for future as camps close
About 1,900 households with more than 7,000 people have been registered. With the camps due to close on Nov. 15, they are being given cash of $200 or more and food and non-food items.
Cash transfers save families touched by Sierra Leone’s deadly mudslide
Two months after the incidents that claimed at least 500 lives, the scheme brings relief to nearly 2,000 affected households through direct mobile money transfers as they try to resettle.
Emergency cholera vaccination campaign kicks off in Sierra Leone
Led by WHO and partners, the campaign targets communities recently affected by floods and landslides, which left over 6,000 displaced and caused some 500 deaths.
Sierra Leone to begin cholera vaccination drive in disaster-affected areas
Two rounds of vaccination will be delivered in 25 affected communities by the Government of Sierra Leone with support from Gavi Alliance, WHO, UNICEF, the UK Government and other health partners.
MSF supports communities hit hard by mudslide and flooding in Sierra Leone
As the immediate medical needs have been covered, MSF is focusing on ensuring people have access to clean water and sanitation facilities, monitoring for any signs of water-borne diseases.
Child health crisis looms in Sierra Leone as death toll continues to rise
Save the Children has warned of a child health crisis in Sierra Leone due to contaminated water supplies and lack of safe shelter following this week’s deadly floods and mudslide.
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Cities across Africa face threat of landslides like Sierra Leone
Natural and human factors made Sierra Leone's capital vulnerable to a landslide that killed more than 400 people this week: heavy rain, deforested land and communities forced by overcrowding to live on steep hillsides.
Housing and environmental failures behind shocking scale of mudslide deaths in Sierra Leone
The terrible aftermath of the mudslides, which have left more than 3000 people homeless, grimly illustrates the human cost of the government’s failure to implement housing and land policies, said Amnesty.
WFP delivers food assistance to thousands hit by mudslides in Sierra Leone
Hours after the mudslides around Freetown, WFP began distributing initial two-week rations of rice, pulses, vegetable oil and salt to some 7,500 people in the hardest-hit communities.
Sierra Leone Mudslide: At least 400 people dead and 3,000 left homeless
More rain is likely to fall until the end of the rainy season in November, which could lead to further flooding. The risk of waterborne diseases is high, and compounded by a poor health system.
Thousands missing as search continues for survivors of Sierra Leone mudslide
A national emergency has been called after the city suffered heavy flooding, thought to be the worst in Africa over the past two decades.
More than 200 killed in Sierra Leone as mudslide sweeps away homes
The Red Cross said at least 205 bodies have been taken to the central morgue in Freetown. Police and military personnel were at the scene in the mountain town of Regent searching for people trapped in the debris.
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Stronger efforts needed to report, standardize and analyze data on disasters - new report
The Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes describes the distribution and impacts of disasters and highlights measures to increase resilience.
Bolivia + 4 more
UN sends humanitarian assistance to flood-affected areas
Floods have affected about 40 per cent of municipalities in Bolivia. The United Nations has mobilized 873 tents from its regional deposit in Panama to assist affected people.
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Economic losses from disasters set new record in 2012
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.
Solomon Islands + 6 more
Solomon Islands: Humanitarian Action Plan requests SB$38 million for tsunami response
The plan was drafted by the Solomon Islands Government and humanitarian partners and was presented to donors on 7 March. SB$24 million of funding requirements remain unmet. A further SB$30.8 million has been identified for reconstruction activities. While emergency shelter and WASH needs are being met, the costly medium and longer term reconstruction of homes and rehabilitation of water systems will require additional funding.
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Latest Asia-Pacific disaster map highlights landslides and flash flooding in Indonesia and Philippines
Tropical Depression Crising passed just below the southern Philippines, causing landslides and flash flooding. Heavy rain also caused flash flooding and landslides across Western Indonesia. 10 people were killed and over 5,000 homes destroyed.