China: Floods and Landslides - Apr 2013 Updates

Amity's Annual Report 2013 can be downloaded now. Besides information on Amity's different fields of activities in 2013, you can find project stories as well as facts and figures. General Secretary...

El acto de entrega de los aportes que se desarrolló en la Gobernación contó con la presencia del diplomático asiático; el embajador paraguayo en Taiwán, Marcial Bobadilla; el gobernador de Presidente...

Period covered: January to December 2013 Overview 5 May 2014 In the past year, the East Asia Regional Delegation (EARD) has continued to support the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) on both...

The year was marked by 137 natural disasters in the region, compared with 93 separate events in 2012. The number of people killed by disasters was almost six times higher.

1. Executive Summary Overall Project/Program Status: The support provided by the East Asia Regional Delegation (EARD) in respect to the objectives of these projects has been on target. A strong team...

BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Floods took less of a toll in China last year, with the flood-stricken population down by 30 percent and deaths down by 70 percent compared with the average in the past 22...

BEIJING, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Natural disasters across China claimed 20 lives in October, causing direct economic losses of 63.6 billion yuan (10.4 billion U.S. dollars), according to an official...

NINGBO, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Water and power supplies and communication have basically resumed in the eastern city of Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, which was inundated by Typhoon Fitow, local authorities...

By He Dan BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- China has improved its disaster response by building an emergency supplies network, but disaster relief efforts by the government still struggle to meet...

WENZHOU, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Ten people have been killed and five others have been left missing in Wenzhou city since Typhoon Fitow brought rainstorms to east China's Zhejiang Province, local...

HANGZHOU, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Torrential rains caused by Typhoon Fitow continued to lash Shanghai City and Zhejiang Province in eastern China, inundating roads, houses and causing river dike breaches. ...

Thousands are evacuated in Fujian province as Tropical storm Fitow made landfall in China. In the Philippines, seasonal flooding has knocked down temporary Zamboanga IDP shelters.

BEIJING, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- China's meteorological authority on Saturday issued a red alert, the highest in its weather warning system, as Typhoon Fitow approaches the country's southeast coastal...

BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- The state of emergency declared in northeast China more than a month ago as the region suffered severe flooding, was ended on Friday. As of 5 a.m. Friday, water levels...

LANZHOU, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Seven people died and another went missing after downpours and hailstorms lashed northwest China's Gansu Province late Monday, local authorities said Tuesday. The heavy...

BEIJING, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Natural disasters across China claimed 367 lives and left another 115 people missing in August, according to official statistics released on Monday. The Ministry of Civil...

Since this flood season, Northeast China including Jilin Province, Heilongjiang Province, parts of Inner Mongolia got severe precipitation. In some of these areas, the daily precipitation or total...

Total economic losses for the province are estimated at 19.1 billion yuan (US$3.12 billion), while more than 8,000 relief workers are still battling the floods.

The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

Highlights Regional food and general inflation have been consistently around 6.0 percent during the past 12 months. In July, regional food inflation registered an annual increase pf 6.3 percent, just...