Caribbean: Hurricane Georges - Sep 1998 Updates

Abstract The Dominican Republic is highly exposed to adverse natural events putting the country at risk of losing hard-won economic, social, and environmental gains due to the impacts of disasters...

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Disasters are an all-too-common feature of life in the Americas. Recent catastrophic events, such as Hurricane Mitch in Central America in 1998, the earthquakes in Peru in 2007 and in Haiti and Chile...

Report prepared by the Government of Haiti, with support from the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the United Nations System On January 12, 2010, Haiti was rocked by a...

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The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is continuing efforts to improve its performance and efficiency levels as well as that of its partners. Recently, the department in collaboration with the...

A damnificados de George, Olga y Noel SAN CRISTOBAL.-El presidente Leonel Fernández hizo realidad el sueño de tener una vivienda digna y confortable a 416 familias damnificadas del huracán George y...

The ruinous track of Hurricane Georges, September 20-26, and the even more devastating path of Hurricane Mitch, October 23 - November 3, 1998. A category 3 hurricane when it hit the Dominican...

Researched, written and published by the Humanitarian Policy Group at ODI Paul Harvey Research Fellow, HPG Executive summary Researched, written and published by the Humanitarian Policy Group at ODI...

I was very pleased when I heard we were organizing this event. Central America has been and remains an area of great importance for the United States. We all know the history-after the destabilizing...

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, working from its regional delegation in Santo Domingo, has developed a variety of programmes in support of the 16 National...

This Final Report is intended for reporting on emergency appeals The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest...

This report includes: Latin America and Caribbean Region: (1) Ecuador, (2) Peru, (3) Dominican Republic, (4) Nicaragua, (5) Guatemala, (6) El Salvador Central Africa Region: (1) Angola, (2)...

From ODM EMERGENCY REPORT 12 JUNE 2001 The Dominican Republic began in May distribution of commodities in the poorest areas affected by Hurricane Georges. The operation will mainly concentrate in the...

Appeal Target: US$ 79,035 Balance Requested from ACT Network: US$ 6,780 Geneva, 11 June 2001 Dear Colleagues, In August 1999 the ACT Appeal LACA91 was issued for the Post-Georges Rehabilitation and...

Rome, September 2000 Extracts from FAO/GIEWS Food Outlook No. 4, 2000 Highlights Latest indications continue to point to increased cereal output in 2000, although the growth will be lower than...

This report includes: A) South Asia drought: India, Afghanistan and Pakistan B) Ethiopia - drought C) Dominican Republic. From Francesco Strippoli, Senior Humanitarian Advisor. Available on the...

Period covered: January - June 1999 The on-going regional Hurricane Georges operation continued to dominate activities, sometimes at the expense of others. The start of the rehabilitation programme...

U.S. Peace Corps volunteer Mary Bosy was working as a teacher trainer in Hato, Dominican Republic, when Hurricane Georges destroyed more than half of the schools in her district. Bosy, who is 69...