After several years of mega-disasters and consequent high funding for disaster response, international humanitarian disaster funding dipped to the relatively low 2009 level.
World + 13 more
World + 13 more
After several years of mega-disasters and consequent high funding for disaster response, international humanitarian disaster funding dipped to the relatively low 2009 level.
IOM is providing emergency assistance to displaced families in Peru's Amazon region of Loreto, which has been hit by heavy rains and floods. According to the authorities, nearly 200,000 people have been severely affected by the rains that have fallen in Loreto since late February. The water has...
La cifra corresponde a aludes y desbordes de ríos desde noviembre en las 25 regiones del país El Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil (Indeci), informó hoy que las lluvias que afectaron diversas zonas del Perú en los últimos seis meses dejaron un saldo de 53 muertos, 267.391 damnificados y 9.383...
Haiti + 5 more
HIGHLIGHTS: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Some 11,150 people evacuated in the north due to floods. HAITI: Rains cause 6 deaths and affect 10,000 people. BOLIVIA: La Nina affects more than 259,000 people.
Paraguay + 8 more
Enrique Jair Guevara El fenómeno meteorológico conocido como La Niña el cual causo sequias en Paraguay, ha una vez mas causado condiciones climáticas adversas en la región. Fuertes lluvias durante los pasado cuatro meses continúan causando inundaciones y deslaves en varios países de Sur...
Paraguay + 6 more
HIGHLIGHTS: PARAGUAY: Some 10,000 families affected by floods. 20 communities are isolated. PERÚ: More than 700,000 people affected during the rainy season. Classes are suspended in the department of Loreto. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: A cold front keeps the country in alert. 715 people were affected...
Peru + 3 more
HIGHLIGHTS: PERU: Landslide in the district of Chosica, Lima leaves more than 5,990 people affected. BOLIVIA: The rainy season has left 165 municipalities and more than 32,280 families affected. ECUADOR: Since January the government have provided humanitarian assistance to 20,000 people...
También a 500 centros educativos y 40 centros de salud. Además, se perdieron 25 mil hectáreas de cultivo Aproximadamente 40 mil viviendas han sido afectadas por las inundaciones a causa del desborde de los ríos de la cuenca amazónica, informó el presidente regional de Loreto, Yván...
Rains on March 10-11 and 13, 2012 hammered southern Peru and northern Chile—regions that have already had heavy rains earlier in February. Many rivers are swollen, homes flooded, bridges down and the rail line between the two countries has been blocked due to mudslides. Area farms are water-logged...
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...
Brazil + 5 more
HIGHLIGHTS: PERU: 1,690 people affected by rains. More than 560 houses destroyed. BRAZIL: 2,1 million people affected by rains. 38,000 people have evacuated their homes. CHILE: Forest fires are under control, 45,000 hectares were burnt. PARAGUAY & BRAZIL: Drought is affecting...
Así lo informó el Indeci, que señaló que hasta febrero las precipitaciones se concentrarán en la sierra sur por encima del promedio normal (Andina). Las lluvias registradas desde noviembre en 18 departamentos del país han dejado hasta la fecha cinco fallecidos, 12 heridos, 15.939 personas...