The Mandera triangle, parts of northern Somalia, Djibouti, parts of Eritrea, and eastern Afar and eastern Tigray Regions in Ethiopia are affected.
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The Mandera triangle, parts of northern Somalia, Djibouti, parts of Eritrea, and eastern Afar and eastern Tigray Regions in Ethiopia are affected.
Some 2,156 households have been affected by the flooding in Rift Valley and Nyanza (West Kenya). 13 people have lost their lives to mudslides in the North Rift region, 765 displaced and 5 people reported missing
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420,000 people in China’s southwest Guizhou province, 10,000 in India, 2 million in Bangladesh as well as vulnerable populations in Nepal and Kyrgyzstan were affected by cold temperatures
Many schools in flood-affected regions have been damaged or are being used as makeshift shelters for those displaced, education officials say. The Kenyan school term is set to commence on 7 January.
Rivers Nyando, Nyalbiego and Awasi breach their banks under heavy rains and sweep away houses, livestock and property at two villages in Nyando. More than 400 people lost their homes.
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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,...
COLOMBO, 26 December 2011 (IRIN) - Seven years after a devastating tsunami struck Sri Lanka, more work still needs to be done to secure an effective early-warning system, officials say. More than 30,000 Sri Lankans lost their lives in the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004 that struck 13...