The bulk of Southern Africa is expected to receive normal to above-normal rainfall as part of the current rainfall season, increasing the likelihood of flooding across the region.
Madagascar + 13 more
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The bulk of Southern Africa is expected to receive normal to above-normal rainfall as part of the current rainfall season, increasing the likelihood of flooding across the region.
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Aside from damage assessment, their tasks also include gathering of information on the hard-to-reach affected areas, to ensure that everybody is assisted.
Overall, damage appears to be moderate, but in areas such as Masbate, Samar and Leyte there is a need for food, water and emergency shelter. Rain brought significant flooding and some landslides.
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Transformation through innovation is possible through discovering, testing and leveraging digital humanitarian and technology partners. Knowing how to tap these partners is crucial for quickly responding to disasters.
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Kenya + 11 more
Of the total displaced population, 2,467,547 are refugees while 8,966,205 are internally displaced persons and people severely affected by conflict.
Philippines + 3 more
Tropical Depression Sinlaku has affected almost 80,000 people in the Philippines, while flooding in Indonesia hit 23,100 people, killing one. Another four people were killed in landslides.
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Agencies stress the need to urgently start the prepositioning of humanitarian aid now through until the end of the dry season (April-May 2015) and sustain aid until the end of the year.
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The report examines initiatives aimed at improving communication with disaster affected communities, and the coordination of these initiatives during the response in the Philippines.
Afghanistan + 1 more
A strategic response is required, namely for people suffering from various diseases and epidemics, and those injured from the conflict and remnants of war.
Families in the village of Hill Kaka who have lost their entire food crop due to devastating rains and landslides in September worry they won’t have enough to eat during the coming winter.
Indonesia + 4 more
Flooding across Indonesia has killed one person and affected over 53,000 people. Local authorities are responding to these events, deploying teams and relief items.
More than 15,000 houses were flooded and over 6,500 people are temporarily housed in emergency shelters. The floods have also affected over 2,200 hectares of crops in one of the country’s most fertile areas.
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The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
The project will help restore irrigation and provide access to markets after thousands of livelihoods were hit by the April floods, causing extensive losses to rural infrastructure, ADB says.
Based on interviews with 162 children across affected areas, Save the Children's report highlights that their plight is far from over. Full recovery will be impossible without jobs and food.
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As of 5 Nov 2014, 10 bodies were recovered at the Koslanda tea plantation in Badulla estate. 1,875 people were affected, 5 were injured and 28 are still missing.