The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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World + 44 more
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
The remnants of tropical cyclones Ingrid and Manuel that hit almost simultaneously the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Mexico continue to bring heavy rainfall.
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After several years of mega-disasters and consequent high funding for disaster response, international humanitarian disaster funding dipped to the relatively low 2009 level.
Bulgaria + 5 more
GENEVA, 21 February 2012 - The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNISDR, today said the European Flood Alert System could soon be put to its greatest test since widespread flooding ten years ago led to its creation by the European Commission. The UN Secretary General's Special Representative...
CHF 129,179 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the National Society in delivering immediate assistance to some 1,000 families (5,000 beneficiaries) living in rural areas affected by the unusual cold wave since the end of January. Unearmarked funds...
Belarus + 5 more
With temperatures expected to drop below -30 in Eastern and Central Europe this week the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has warned that thousands of homeless people are at risk. Over 80 people have already died in Poland and Ukraine. The sudden cold snap has...
Ukraine + 5 more
by Giovanni Zambello The extreme cold wave gripping Central and Eastern Europe continues unabated, with wind, heavy snow and Siberia-level temperatures – in some areas as low as -32 C –has led to the death of over 80 people from hypothermia and frostbite, caused power outages, traffic chaos and...