Executive Summary Flash floods triggered by cloudburst in Uttarakhand caused widespread devastation in mid-June this year. This has tested the First Medical Responders (FMR) concept which was piloted...
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India: Extreme cold weather DREF operation n° MDRIN010 Final Report
Period covered by this update: 10 January to 10 April 2013 Summary: CHF 57,100 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 10 January to support the Indian Red Cross...
Bangladesh + 5 more
Asia-Pacific Region 21 - 27 May, 2013, Natural Disasters and Other Events being monitored by the OCHA Regional Office for the Asia-Pacific
Bangladesh - Tropical Storm Mahasen struck southern districts on 16 May. The Joint Needs assessment (JNA) identified unment needs in shelter, WASH and livelihoods in Patuakali, Bhola and Barguna. The...
Emergency Situation due to Heavy Snowfall in Leh, Ladakh - Situation Report 1
Due to heavy snowfall in the eastern part of Leh district Livestock like sheep/goat, yak, cow, mules and ponies started dying from sheer starvation and hypothermia. The only vegetation grows in the...
Humanitarian appeal: Changthang snowfall and livestock loss crisis
The Changpas The high altitude plains of Changthang, Eastern Ladakh, are home to a nomadic tribe called the Changpas. For generations, they have lived in harmony with the land. Their intricate multi-...
India: Extreme cold weather (MDRIN010) - DREF Operation Update no 1
Period covered by this update: 10 January to 6 March 2013 Summary: CHF 57,100 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 10 January to support the Indian Red Cross...
No link with hundreds of villages after heavy snowfall
By Suresh Sharma, TNN | Feb 7, 2013, 02.35 AM IST MANALI: With no working communication channels, hundreds of villages in Kullu and Lahaul-Spiti districts have lost link with the outside world after...
7 defy death beneath 100 ft of snow
TNN | Feb 7, 2013, 02.40 AM IST SHIMLA: Seven residents of Kafnu village of Kinnaur district defeated death by surviving an avalanche that buried them under 100 feet of snow for around eight hours...
Philippines + 9 more
Asia-Pacific region 22 - 28 January, 2013 - Natural disasters and other events being monitored by the OCHA Regional Office for the Asia-Pacific
Philippines - TC Bopha (Pablo) struck the southern Philippines in early December. The risk of floods and landslides due to heavy rains persists in typhoon-affected areas hampering humanitarian...
Snowfall takes heavy toll, Himachal struggles to restore normalcy
TNN | Jan 24, 2013, 04.46 AM IST SHIMLA: After a spell of heavy snowfall, it has become a herculean task for the Himachal Pradesh government to ensure power supply and open blocked roads to...
Life halts as snow pounds Himachal
SHIMLA: The heavy snow that pounded much of the north-western Himalayan belt on Thursday and Friday disrupted normal life and brought traffic to a standstill, uprooting big trees and electric poles,...
India + 1 more
Canada provides humanitarian assistance to India
January 18, 2013 OTTAWA ― The Canadian International Development Agency, working with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, is distributing 10,000 blankets destined...
Red Cross blankets save lives across northern India
Exceptionally cold conditions have swept across northern India over the last three weeks, taking the lives of hundreds of people, and causing suffering to thousands more. The cold wave is one of the...
Philippines + 7 more
Asia-Pacific region 8 - 14 January, 2013 - Natural disasters and other events being monitored by the OCHA Regional Office for the Asia-Pacific
Philippines - TC Bopha (Pablo) struck the southern Philippines in early December. Concerns for acute respiratory infections in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental provinces have declined since...
India: Extreme cold weather (as at 11 January 2013)
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India: Extreme cold weather (MDRIN010) - DREF Operation
CHF 57,100 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 10 January to support the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) in delivering immediate assistance to approximately...
Nalanda cops donate money to buy blankets for poor
By Farrukh Nadim, TNN | Jan 10, 2013, 03.46 AM IST BIHARSHARIF: Setting an example for others to follow, the police personnel of Nalanda district on Wednesday distributed blankets among the poor and...
Blanket distributions in response to extreme weather across India
By Stephen Ryan in New Delhi North India is currently experiencing its coldest weather in decades, with Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana among those worst affected by the weather. Nightly...
Etihad Airways distributes blankets and food among underprivileged children in India
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has organised a substantial blanket distribution drive to help underprivileged children survive the harsh winter season in New Delhi. ...
Mercury plunges to sub-zero levels; 24 people die in UP
TNN | Jan 9, 2013, 06.29 AM IST NEW DELHI: Kanpur and Agra shivered at a low of 1.1 and 1.0 degree below the freezing point as the mercury plunged to sub-zero levels across north India and killed 24...