VIENTIANE – More than 39,000 people in Khammuane struggling from the long-term impact of tropical storms are now able to bridge the food gap until the next harvest, thanks to a donation of €404,000 (US$502,488) by the European Union's Humanitarian Aid AND Civil Protection department (ECHO)...
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Asia-Pacific: CERF allocates $55 million for humanitarian emergencies in 2011
DISASTER EVENTS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC IN 2011 Asia and the Pacific continues to live up to its reputation as the world’s most natural-disaster-prone region. The International Disaster Database, EM-DAT, reports 89 natural-disaster events in the region in 2011. In terms of the number of events,...
Philippines: Some 450,000 people still in need of emergency relief, early recovery support in flood-affected Maguindanao
Key Points • The seasonal southwest monsoon aggravated by consecutive tropical cyclones brought heavy rains over Mindanao and other parts of the Philippines causing floods, flashfloods and landslides. • The widespread flooding in Central Mindanao has affected 860,000 people. 455,000 home-based...
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Philippines: Nock-Ten offers violent reminder of arrival of storm and typhoon season
Matthew Cochrane Over the past 36 hours, more than 645,000 people have been evacuated in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Nock-Ten cause major flooding and damage across swathes of the country. Making landfall in the early hours of Wednesday 27 July, the storm swept across 25 provinces and claimed...
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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,...