Brazil: Floods and Landslides - Nov 2008 Updates

This report covers the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009. In brief Programme purpose: Support five National Societies in the Southern Cone and Brazil to effectively operationalize the...

Glide No. FL-2008-000234-BRA 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...

Main findings Infectious diseases cause close to 14 million deaths every year worldwide. But the mortality rate should not be the only factor considered and can even be misleading. Even though...

More than 20 million people have been displaced by climate-related sudden-onset natural disasters in 2008 alone. "For the first time, we have a solid indication of the scale of forced displacement as...

IASC PRESS BRIEFING, UNFCC, BONN, 8 JUNE, 10.30 - 11.00am Elisabeth Rasmusson, Secretary General, NRC Good morning to all of you, I would like to take this opportunity to highlight some of the...

This report covers the period 01/01/08 to 31/12/08 In brief Programme purpose: Support the ten National Societies in the South American Region to effectively operationalize the Inter American Plan...

Glide No. FL-2008-000234-BRA 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...

SAO PAULO, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Floods have killed 12 people in Brazil's southernmost state Rio Grande do Sul and forced some 3,600 people from their homes, a state emergency coordinator said on Sunday. ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 30, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- The floods which hit southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul since late Wednesday have left 10 people dead, local Civil Defense...

PERU – Fuertes Lluvias / Derrumbes Las constantes lluvias registradas desde inicios de enero en el Departamento de Cajamarca al noroeste del país han causado varios derrumbes en las provincias...

PERU – Heavy Rains / Landslides The northwestern Department of Cajamarca has experienced persistent rainfall since early January resulting in several landslides registered in the provinces of...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 22, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- Incessant heavy rains from Wednesday in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state have caused eight landslides and several floods, killing at...

Por Mario Osava RÍO DE JANEIRO, 8 ene (IPS) - Las lluvias torrenciales registradas en varios estados de Brasil desde noviembre, que han ocasionado hasta ahora casi dos centenares de muertes,...

Heavy rain has hit Santa Catarina state in southern Brazil since Friday, forcing 1,052 people to leave their homes and five towns to declare a state of emergency, officials said on Monday. There were...

This note is compiled for The Risk Emergency Disaster Working Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (REDLAC) by the OCHA Regional Office through disaster monitoring and input from our Regional...