HIGHLIGHTS The number of people affected by natural disasters in August was the second highest of 2012. Floods, landslides and a 6.3 magnitude earthquake caused 28 fatalities and affected over 10,000 people. The HRF approved three new projects to address the emergency and early recovery needs...
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Indonesia: 6.2 earthquake kills 6 people, damages 1,097 houses; limited road access disrupts relief supply delivery
Ruslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, Palu, Central Sulawesi | Headlines | Tue, August 21 2012, 2:44 PM Limited road access to earthquake victims in the district of Lindu in Central Sulawesi’s Sigi regency, has disrupted the delivery of medicine and relief supplies to the area, which was jolted by a...
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Displacement due to natural hazard-induced disasters: Global estimates for 2009 and 2010
Geneva/Oslo, 6 June 2011 – Over 42 million people across the world were forced to flee due to disasters triggered by sudden‐onset natural hazards in 2010, according to a new study by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)’s Geneva‐based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). In 2009,...