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.
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World + 18 more
New study highlights many facets of environmental migration and complexity of policy responses
The publication gathers a variety of cases studies, such as Typhoon Bopha, planned development-induced migration from hydroelectric dams in China and the Lower Mekong Delta and slow-onset droughts displacing pastoralists in Kenya.
World + 13 more
The Year of Recurring Disasters: A Review of Natural Disasters in 2012
After several years of mega-disasters and consequent high funding for disaster response, international humanitarian disaster funding dipped to the relatively low 2009 level.
World + 8 more
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.
Angola + 11 more
Swaziland: Drop in food aid leads to critical levels of malnutrition
In this issue 2012/13 Seasonal Rainfall Forecast P.1 Regional Food Security Worsens P.2 Comoros Early Recovery Plan P.5 Regional Humanitarian Trainings P.5
Madagascar: More than 500,000 people currently face severe food insecurity
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Rice production provisionally estimated to decline in 2012 following damage from adverse weather An estimated 84 000 households currently facing severe food insecurity Estimated decline in rice production following cyclone damage Harvesting of the main rice crop is expected...
Paraguay + 4 more
Paraguay: En el Chaco aún hay 10,000 familias afectadas por las lluvias en necesidad alimentaria
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
Mexico: Hurricane Carlotta affected more than 12,000 families in the state of Oaxaca
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.
Bulgaria + 5 more
Eastern/Central Europe: UNISDR issues flood warning as thaw sets in
GENEVA, 21 February 2012 - The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNISDR, today said the European Flood Alert System could soon be put to its greatest test since widespread flooding ten years ago led to its creation by the European Commission. The UN Secretary General's Special Representative...
Madagascar: Cyclone Giovanna struck with little warning
BRICKAVILLE, 20 February 2012 (IRIN) - In a cyclone-prone country like Madagascar, which feels the force of about 60 percent of the storms that form over the Indian Ocean every year, being prepared for disaster makes all the difference. The Malagasy National Disaster Office organizes annual...
Madagascar: Fears of disease outbreak following Cyclone Giovanna
Listen to the report The UN children’s fund (UNICEF) is concerned about potential outbreaks of water-borne diseases following this week’s deadly cyclone in Madagascar. Provisional reports say 17 people died as a result of Cyclone Giovanna, which struck the island nation on Tuesday. Marixie...
Madagascar: At least 2 deaths, important damages reported after cyclone Giovanna hit the eastern coast
I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES • Tropical cyclone Giovanna made landfall on the eastern coast of Madagascar on 14 February as a category four (4) tropical cyclone. It is expected to pass the capital Antananarivo as a category 1 tropical cyclone and exit the western coast of the country in the next...
Tunisia: Heavy snowfalls isolate several villages, leave people with no access to firewood, cattle food
CHF 129,179 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the National Society in delivering immediate assistance to some 1,000 families (5,000 beneficiaries) living in rural areas affected by the unusual cold wave since the end of January. Unearmarked funds...
Belarus + 5 more
Eastern/Central Europe: Dozens dead and thousands at risk as Red Cross responds to sudden cold snap
With temperatures expected to drop below -30 in Eastern and Central Europe this week the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has warned that thousands of homeless people are at risk. Over 80 people have already died in Poland and Ukraine. The sudden cold snap has...
Ukraine + 5 more
Europe: Emergency funds released to help Red Cross response to big chill
by Giovanni Zambello The extreme cold wave gripping Central and Eastern Europe continues unabated, with wind, heavy snow and Siberia-level temperatures – in some areas as low as -32 C –has led to the death of over 80 people from hypothermia and frostbite, caused power outages, traffic chaos and...
Venezuela: 25,000 people still in emergency shelters after Nov/Dec 2010 floods
GLIDE n° FL-2010-00240-VEN Period covered by this Ops Update: 1 January to 23 March 2011. The financial report reflects expenditure up to the end March 2011. Appeal target (current): 717,571 Swiss francs. Appeal coverage: 77% Appeal history: A Preliminary Emergency Appeal for 429,887 Swiss francs...