Bangladesh: Cold Wave - Dec 2012 Updates

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Chapter 1: Introduction Bangladesh, one of the most vulnerable countries of the world in terms of natural and anthropogenic hazards, is a low-lying deltaic country covering an area...

Executive Summary The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) was set up under the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) following the enactment of the Disaster Management Act 2012. The...

Summary: CHF 296,679 was allocated from IFRC DREF to support the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) to provide immediate assistance of 30,000 blankets distribution to 15,000 affected families...

(extract) For providing support to Cold Wave sufferers across the country, a total of 10,500 pieces of blankets and BDT 6,00,000 had been collected through an appeal to different bank, organizations,...

In Central African Republic, an armed faction of the Seleka rebel coalition attacked the northern town of Sido in an apparent breach of the recent peace accord; 1,100,000 people estimated affected.

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HIGHLIGHTS In the current quarter the countrywide retail prices of rice remained stable at 25 Tk/kg, however, this is 2.5 percent higher than the previous quarter. When compared to the high food...

CHF 296,678 has been allocated from the IFRC’s DREF on 3 January 2012 to replenish 30,000 blankets of which the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) delivered for immediate assistance to 75,000...

The number of Syrian refugees continued to rise, amounting to a total of 830,675, an increase of around 38,500 newly registered refugees or individuals awaiting registration in a week

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...

People across the country are enduring the severest cold wave in the last 45 years and may experience two more chilly spells in the current month. The mercury hit 45 year low on 10th Jan 2013, with...

January 22, 2013 OTTAWA ―Canada is providing 39,000 blankets to 15,000 families suffering from unprecedented cold weather in Bangladesh through immediate assistance from the Canadian International...

January 21, 2013 This year Bangladesh has experienced its coldest winter in the last forty-five years, with temperatures dropping to two degree Celsius in some areas in the North. The cold wave began...

Forecast Valid for 24 Hours Commencing at 06 PM on Friday [18.01.2013] Forecast: Light rain/drizzle at one or two places over Rangpur division and weather may remain mainly dry with tempo, partly...

DHAKA, JANUARY 15 - The U.S. Government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided $100,000 to assist Bangladeshis affected by the recent cold wave. The...

Forecast Valid for 24 Hours Commencing at 06 PM on Wednesday [16.01.2013] Forecast: Weather is likely to remain dry with tempo. partly cloudy sky over the country. Moderate to thick fog may occur...

Weather Forecast Forecast: Valid for 24 Hours Commencing at 06 PM on Monday [14.01.2013] Forecast: Weather is likely to remain dry with tempo. partly cloudy sky over the country. Thick fog may occur...

Weather Forecast Forecast Valid for 24 Hours Commencing at 06 PM on Sunday [13.01.2013] Forecast: Weather is likely to remain dry with tempo. partly cloudy sky over the country. Thick fog may occur...

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...

Forecast: Weather is likely to remain dry with tempo, partly cloudy sky over the country. Thick fog may occur over the river basins and moderate to thick fog may occur elsewhere over the country...