By the close of the second quarter of 2014, donors had contributed $296.1 million to CERF for 2014, bringing total contributions to over 68 per cent of total pledges for the year.
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By the close of the second quarter of 2014, donors had contributed $296.1 million to CERF for 2014, bringing total contributions to over 68 per cent of total pledges for the year.
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During the first half of the year, 2,700 people died as a result of natural disasters, compared to 9,100 deaths in the first six months of 2013. There were around 490 loss-relevant natural disasters.
Preliminary UN estimates show that it will cost about $210 million to cover immediate priority needs for the next six months.
Over the past week, UNDP has delivered 500 tonnes of concentrate animal feed, fertiliser and seeds to farmers in 15 flood-affected municipalities.
Recent severe flooding in Bosnia has dislodged landmines planted during the Balkans conflict and carried away warning signs indicating the location of mine-polluted areas.
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In the coming months there will be long-term needs for shelter items for those who have been displaced, medicine and first-aid items and supplies to treat water-borne illness.
Landmines and mine awareness signs have either moved or been washed away by landslides and flooding. There is a high risk that current mine maps are inaccurate.
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Damages are expected to be high, with the agricultural sector, on which the economies of the Balkan countries rely, expected to bear the brunt of the record flooding.
More than 4,000 have been evacuated so far as a result of what government sources have called the biggest Serbian disaster in recent history.
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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...