Czech Republic: Floods - Jul 1997 Updates

From TOL Week in Review: 13 - 19 August 2002 One possible lesson of floods in 1997 is that some sense of normality will return relatively quickly to the Czech Republic. It ought not to return so...

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DN: IP/97/935 =A0=A0=A0 Date: 1997-10-31 ip/97/935 Brussels The European Commission has approved humanitarian aid worth a total of ECU 1.606 million for victims of floods in Poland and the Czech...

DN: IP/97/935 ip/97/935 La Commission européenne a approuvé l'octroi d'une aide humanitaire d'un montant total de 1,606 million d'Ecus en faveur des victimes des inondations en Pologne et en...

appeal no. 12/97 period covered: September 1997 Urgent rehabilitation needs are now the focus of National Society response to the victims of the floods, ahead of the cold winter months. Urgent...

REVISED APPEAL Central, Eastern Europe & Caucasus Floods - EUFL71 Revised Appeal Target : US$ 1,858,496 Amount already covered: US$ 1,855,688 Geneva, 03 September 1997 Dear Friends, Large parts of...

(Extract) DATELINE ACT Global ACTions No 4 Central & Eastern Europe - Following July's heavy rains and extensive floods in large parts of Central and Eastern Europe, ACT International has undertaken...

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Fact Sheet #4 Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 Background: Between July 6-9,...

In the Czech Republic town of Kostelec, hairdresser Ingrid Kapperova and her daughter escaped through the attic in their home when a nearby river burst its banks. Ingrid was born in the house and has...

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background: Between July 6-9, torrential rains fell in the eastern...

Flooding across Central and Eastern Europe has claimed over 100 lives in the Czech Republic and Poland since the beginning of July. Evacuation alarms continue in certain localities along the...

Co-ordinating Office Action by Churches Together(ACT) is a worldwide network of Churches and their related agencies meeting human need through co-ordinated emergency response and common identity. The...

Prague, 6 August 1997 (RFE/RL) -- Flood waters are continuing to recede in Germany and Poland, although officials say the risk of further inundation remains high. German officials say that dikes are...

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background: Between July 6-9, torrential rains fell in the eastern...

By Jan de Weydenthal Prague, 29 July 1997 (RFE/RL) - The Central European flood disaster has killed more than 100 people during the last three weeks, left tens of thousands destitute, destroyed towns...

Frankfurt an der Oder, 25 July 1997 (RFE/RL) - Floodwaters burst through dikes at two points to the north and south of Frankfurt an-der-Oder in eastern Germany today. The collapses came as German...

Berlin/Warsaw/Prague, 22 July 1997 (RFE/RL) -- Thousands of soldiers and rescue workers continue to strengthen dams and river embankments in parts of Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic today. The...

(97-69) News Release Version disponible en français Ottawa -- The Honourable Diane Marleau, Minister for International Cooperation and Minister responsible for La Francophonie, today announced an...

By Charles Recknagel Klodzko, 22 July 1997 (RFE/RL) -- The Polish town of Klodzko has spent the last days tensely watching its river rise but, like hundreds of other flood-damaged communities in...

(9:06am AEST) Heavy rains are continuing to lash Central Europe bringing more misery to regions where flooding has killed nearly 100 people. Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes...