By Raheela Chaudhry BENAZIRABAD DISTRICT, Pakistan – 29 December 2011 – In the Quaid-e-Awam relief camp, 11-year-old Tariq Ali’s eyes are rimmed with shadows. When monsoon flooding struck Sindh Province earlier this year, Tariq was one of the 2.4 million children affected. Now, as families...
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Honduras continúa en tercer lugar mundial por riesgo a desastres, CEPAL urge fortalecer la prevención
Honduras continúa en el tercer lugar a nivel mundial por el riesgo a sufrir desastres producto del impacto de fenómenos naturales, sobre todo meteorológicos, según la última medición de la organización alemana Germanwatch. De acuerdo a esta organización que por sexto año consecutivo midió...
El Salvador + 4 more
Más de 4.000 millones de dólares necesitan países afectados por lluvias en América Central
(16 de diciembre, 2011) Se necesitan al menos 4.329 millones de dólares para rehabilitación, reconstrucción, gestión del riesgo y adaptación al cambio climático en los cinco países de América Central afectados en octubre por la depresión tropical 12E, informó hoy la Comisión Económica...
Nicaragua: $10.6 million still needed to address immediate and early recovery needs of 100,000 affected by Oct floods
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During the last two weeks of October 2011, heavy rains associated with Tropical Depression 12E caused flooding and landslides throughout Nicaragua. National emergency was declared by the president Daniel Ortega on October 17. Due to the magnitude of the damage caused by the...
World + 12 more
New IFRC report calls for protection and support for volunteers in emergencies
New report calls for protection and support for volunteers in emergencies The International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies today launched its first advocacy report on volunteers acting in emergencies. Protect. Promote. Recognize. Volunteering in emergencies looks at the ways in which...
Pakistan: Flood victims continue to suffer, IOM reviews funding needs
Three months after the worst floods in southern Pakistan's history, nearly three quarters of a million people remain displaced in Sindh and Balochistan and a third of the affected area remains under water, according to a multi-sectoral needs assessment prepared by aid agencies. Of some 800,000 homes...
Pakistan floods: 5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Sindh and Balochistan
This report is produced by OCHA in collaboration with humanitarian partners and issued by OCHA Pakistan. It covers the period from 17 to 23 November 2011. The next report will be issued on or around 1 December. I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES • Humanitarian partners and Government of Pakistan...
Afghanistan + 11 more
Rice prices uncertain after Southeast Asian floods - FAO
Rice prices uncertain after Southeast Asian floods International rice prices are uncertain in the wake of flooding that has devastated several nations in Southeast Asia, according to FAO. Despite the loss of a few million tonnes of rice in Thailand because of the floods, FAO has raised its forecast...
Pakistan: Critical funding shortages leave tens of thousands of flood-affected in need
Racing to rebuild from 2010’s catastrophic floods, communities struggle in the wake of renewed rains and flooding in the South Three months after devastating monsoon rains caused extensive flooding in southern Pakistan for the second consecutive year, Pakistan faces a critical shortage of...
El Salvador + 3 more
Central America: After floods, rehabilitation of basic livelihoods for thousands of subsistence farmer households remains serious concern
Appropriate natural resources management can mitigate impact of extreme weather related events Context Central America is the second most vulnerable region in the world for cl risks. Due to the high vulnerability of the smallholders, subsistence farmers, daily laborers (agricultural and...
Pakistan: Flood aid still urgently needed as winter looms
Many thousands of Pakistanis still urgently need basic essentials three months after widespread flooding affected more than 5 million people, according to Tearfund partners. Monsoon rains deluged southern Pakistan’s Sindh and Balochistan provinces, parts of which had barely recovered from...
En Honduras, las lluvias sacan a flote la pobreza y la vulnerabilidad
Miles de hondureños y hondureñas se enfrentan actualmente al proceso de reconstrucción de sus comunidades, tras las fuertes inundaciones causadas por un temporal lluvioso que afectó este país centroamericano, principalmente en la región sur, donde las personas damnificadas trabajan arduamente...
Pakistan: Relief efforts reaching over five million people under threat due to lack of funds
Risk of public health crisis and malnutrition rises for over nine million people Over nine million people who have been affected by severe flooding in Sindh province are at risk of disease and widespread malnutrition, while relief efforts reaching over five million people are under threat due to...
Guatemala: UN allocates $2.2 million of rapid response funds to assist 140,000 flood victims
4 November 2011: Following several days of intermittent rain due to a hurricane, a low-pressure system northeast of Guatemala developed into Tropical Depression E-12. On 12 October 2011, Tropical Depression E-12 entered the Guatemala and produced more than 15 inches of rain in some areas, creating...
El Salvador + 1 more
La crisis humanitaria en Centroamérica apenas comienza, alerta OCHA
Escuchar las noticias La emergencia humanitaria en América Central apenas ha comenzado, alertó la subsecretaria general de la ONU para Asuntos Humanitarios. Al finalizar este fin de semana una visita de cuatro días a las zonas afectadas por las inundaciones en Nicaragua y El Salvador, Catherine...
El Salvador + 1 more
Central America: Humanitarian emergency is only just beginning, UN deputy humanitarian affairs chief warns
(New York, 5 November 2011): The region-wide humanitarian emergency caused by last month’s devastating floods in Central America is only just beginning, the UN's deputy Humanitarian Affairs chief Catherine Bragg has warned. “The people affected by this crisis have lost everything, and their...
El Salvador: UN allocates $2.5 million to jump-start life saving interventions for 100,000 most affected by floods
2 November 2011: The arrival of Tropical Depression 12E in El Salvador on 7 October 2011 brought unprecedented heavy rainfall to the Central American nation, particularly along the coastline and the volcanic chain in the east and center of the country. Historically, these have always been the most...
El Salvador + 3 more
Cerca de 2 millones de afectados por las inundaciones en Centroamérica
Persisten las lluvias en la región Cruz Roja Española pone en marcha su intervención de emergencia a través de la distribución de ayuda humanitaria (alimentos, kits de higiene, de cocina, mantas, etc), en colaboración con la Cruz Roja de El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua y Honduras. La...
Nicaragua: Devastation from heavy rainfall, floods highlights critical need for disaster risk mitigation planning
By David Singh GENEVA, 28 October 2011 – As the number of people in Central America affected by tropical depression 12-E rises to 1.9 million, the UN has launched its second flash appeal in two days and is now asking for US$14.3 million to assist Nicaragua which is being devastated by heavy...
Pakistan: Needs increasing with onset of winter, outbreak of water and vector borne diseases
I. Highlights/key priorities · Data collected through the joint UN-Government Detailed Needs Assessment is being analysed and will soon be available. · Since the beginning of the floods, approximately 2.8 million persons have been provided with food (93% of the targeted population), while 700,000...