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Introduction The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA) supports disaster response and preparedness...

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With 58 cities already committed to "Making Cities Resilient", and 70 more preparing to participate, the campaign had made great progress, Margareta Wahlström, Assistant Secretary-General for...

CHF 294,118 (USD 283,725 or EUR 194,421) was allocated from the International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 18 September, 2009 to support the Turkish Red Crescent in...

Editorial In a new decade, humanitarian actors are facing immense challenges. The number of people affected by climate disasters will continue to rise, having a huge impact on migration and...

Press Release No.869 Geneva, 8 December 2009 (WMO) - The year 2009 is likely to rank in the top 10 warmest on record since the beginning of instrumental climate records in 1850, according to data...

The Humanitarian Update is a monthly publication from UN OCHA's Regional Office in Dubai, reporting on the main humanitarian events in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia. For more...

By Ayberk Yurtsever and Erdem =C7öplen, Turkish Red Crescent Society North-western Turkey and Istanbul have been hit by the heaviest rains in 80 years. The floods, that followed, killed at least 34...

8 Sep 2009 - The heaviest recorded rainfall in Turkey in the last 80 years triggers flash floods in Tekirdag and Istanbul provinces, killing 33 people and affecting over 35,000.

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GLIDE No. FL-2009-000190-TUR The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate...

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ANKARA, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Torrential rains paralyzed daily life in western Turkey on Saturday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. A brook in the Turkish largest city of Istanbul...

Istanbul, Turkey =96 Recent flooding in parts of Turkey has underscored the need to focus on ecologically-sound flood management practices to shield urban areas from extreme weather events,...

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TRCS'S HELPING HAND REACHES TO FLOOD VICTIMS Flash floods triggered by torrential rains killed 7 people in Tekirdag the north western part of Turkey on 8 September and torrential rains also caused...

Flash floods killed 31 people in and around =DDstanbul on Wednesday. While 9 people are still missing, hundreds of houses and offices have been severely damaged by the flash floods. Hundreds of...

Istanbul sees heaviest rain in 80 years - People trapped on flooded roads and on rooftops - Seven bodies found in swamped minibus By Murad Sezer ISTANBUL, Sept 9 (Reuters) - At least 23 people were...

Istanbul (dpa) At least 30 people have died in flooding caused by heavy rains overnight in Istanbul and the surrounding area, local reports said Wednesday. "This is the worst catastrophe in recent...

Flash floods triggered by torrential rains killed thirty three people in northwestern Turkey till Wednesday, officials and reports said. Today torrential rains also caused floods in the Silivri and...