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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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.
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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.
Bangladesh: Joint Needs Assessment approach a 'welcome development'
Unified, evidence-based assessment of needs will help donors, NGOs and the government to respond more effectively in an emergency
Cold wave sweeps over Bangladesh claiming more than 72 lives
Bangladesh Red Crescent delivered blankets to 75,000 severely affected people in 21 districts.
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Flood deaths fall in Asia but economic losses remain major cause for concern
In 2012 so far, floods were the most frequent disaster occurring in Asia (44%), accounted for 54% of the death toll, 78% of people affected and 56% of all economic damages in the region.
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Disasters waiting to happen - IRIN analysis
A thought-provoking new report notes that “disasters with very large impacts happen very rarely... This means that a much greater proportion of the risk is associated with rare events.” Early warning and disaster readiness are therefore critical.
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Global emergency overview highlights magnitude 5.6 earthquake in Iran, Typhoon Bopha
An earthquake with magnitude 5.6 has hit South Khorasan province in Iran, killing at least eight people and injuring 12. As of 6 December, no further information available
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Global emergency overview highlights Storm Bopha heading for the Philippines, severe rains in Panama
The Global Overview is a weekly update that provides a snapshot of current humanitarian priorities and recent events. Its primary objective is to rapidly inform humanitarian decision makers by presenting a summary of major humanitarian crises, both recent and protracted.
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Global emergency overview highlights Gaza conflict, fighting in DRC, Ebola in Uganda and Yellow Fever in Sudan
The Global Overview is a weekly update that provides a snapshot of current humanitarian priorities and recent events. The Global Overview collates information from a wide range of sources, including Reliefweb and media sources, and displays this information in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Global Emergency Overview highlights earthquake in Guatemala, cholera epidemic in Benin and food insecurity in Swaziland and Tanzania
Both Guatemala and Myanmar were affected by earthquakes during the reporting period. On 7 November, an earthquake of 7.2 magnitude struck the pacific coast of Guatemala, affecting more than 600,000 people followed by a second quake of 6.2 magnitude on 11 November. There were no immediate reports of...
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Global Emergency Overview highlights damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, Cyclone Nilam and Typhoon Son-Tinh
Despite a four-day truce which was supposed to come into effect on Friday 26 October, fighting has continued to escalate in Damascus province, Aleppo, Idlib, Daara and Deir Ezzor in Syria manifested by a new wave of airstrikes by the Syrian forces and attacks by the rebels on strategic army...
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Global emergency overview highlights violence in Myanmar and Syria, flooding in Cameroon and Chad
This week, renewed violence between Arakan Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims took place in Rahkin state in Myanmar, affecting an estimated 28,000 people. Sectarian violence between the two communities in June already left more than 75,000 people displaced. Despite a four-day truce that was supposed to...
Bangladesh: Landslides are fast becoming a man-made disaster
CHITTAGONG, 23 October 2012 (IRIN) - Previously relocated residents of southeastern Bangladesh are returning to the sites of their former homes in hilly areas at high risk of landslides, say activists and locals. "This is fast becoming a major problem," Abdul Matin, secretary-general of...
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Global emergency overview highlights crises in Syria and Sudan, flooding in Nigeria and drought in Sri Lanka
This week, armed violence continued to escalate in Syria with heavy fighting occurring in Homs, Daraa, Deir Ezzor, Idlib, Latakia, Aleppo and Damascus. The Government has been accused of using cluster munitions in populated areas. There is an increasing risk of regional spill over, the most recent...
Bangladesh: Families struggle to rebuild homes and livelihood following floods
By Joe Cropp and Maherin Ahmed in Bangladesh Nomita Rani speaks in a broken whisper as she explains how her two bedroom house in northern Bangladesh was washed away when massive floods hit three months ago. Now living by the roadside with her husband and four children, it has often been necessary to...
Bangladesh: EU increases humanitarian funding for victims of monsoon floods
The European Union is providing additional funding of €4 million to ensure the continuation of emergency assistance to the people of Bangladesh affected by the monsoon floods and landslides which hit the south-eastern part of the country in June-July 2012. The aid is reaching over 250,000 victims,...
Bangladesh: Heavy downpours and upstream water cause new flooding
This Emergency Appeal seeks CHF 1,753,139 in cash, kind, or services to support the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) to assist 9,500 families (47,500 beneficiaries) for 10 months, and will be completed by 7 June 2013. A Final Report will be made available by 7 September 2013. A DREF extension...
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India: Tens of thousands of people to be without safe drinking water for months as flooding continues in Assam - NGO
July 25 2012 -Tens of thousands of people will be without safe drinking water for months as flooding continues in India’s Assam state, making them vulnerable to life-threatening conditions such as diarrhoea and dysentery. The north-eastern Indian state of Assam is suffering from its worst flooding...
Bangladesh: Floods leave thousands food insecure
BANGKOK, 11 July 2012 (IRIN) - Thousands of people have been left food insecure after extensive flooding, landslides and flash floods in eastern Bangladesh at the end of June. Crops and seed stocks have been badly damaged and it will be three to four months before farmers are able to replant. “We...