Authorities in Bangladesh are scrambling to prepare for the looming monsoon season, and the short dry season now underway offers precious little time to prepare.
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Authorities in Bangladesh are scrambling to prepare for the looming monsoon season, and the short dry season now underway offers precious little time to prepare.
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South America is in the grip of an unprecedented climate phenomenon that has unleashed unusually heavy rains and taken a destructive toll and could be several weeks away from abating.
Many schools in flood-affected regions have been damaged or are being used as makeshift shelters for those displaced, education officials say. The Kenyan school term is set to commence on 7 January.
ISLAMABAD, 18 July 2012 (IRIN) - Pakistan is bracing for the annual July-September monsoon, with aid workers saying existing relief stocks are insufficient to guarantee an effective response in the event of a flood emergency. The meteorological department forecasts that precipitation will be 5-15...
KARACHI, 11 June 2012 (IRIN) - Thousands of people who lost their homes in the 2011 floods in Sindh Province, southern Pakistan, are worried how the July-September monsoon will pan out, according to local residents. “I am currently living in a shack made of wood pieces, straw and plastic. How will...
MBALE, 18 August 2011 (IRIN) - The long dry spell in the eastern Ugandan district of Bulambuli that left thousands needing food aid has been followed by torrential rains, raising fresh fears of flooding in the area, the Minister of State for Disaster Preparedness said. "I flew over the...
SOROTI, 15 August 2011 (IRIN) - Thousands of people are at risk from landslides in eastern Uganda following torrential rains [ http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=88319 ] in several districts, according to the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) and the Uganda Red Cross Society...