India: Cyclone - Oct 2000 Updates

What can we learn from existing research on the long-term aspects of disaster risk and recovery? The impacts of COVID-19 have reached across the globe, directly affecting millions of people and...

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) SUMMARY The U.S. Government (USG) has provided nearly $19 million in...

Record response time Earthquake in Peru - first use of new primary urgency procedure The European Commission, through its Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), responded quickly to the overnight news of...

GENEVA - A failure to understand the economic and social realities facing disaster victims leads to poorly designed aid efforts which don't help protect people from the impact of future disasters,...

Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations I. INTRODUCTION 1. The present report has been prepared pursuant to General Assembly Resolution 46/182 of...

Today the Indian Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies revealed their plans for future recovery and rehabilitation efforts in earthquake affected Gujurat...

This report includes: (A) West and Central Asia: (1) Afghanistan, (2) Tajikistan, (3) Pakistan, (4) Iran (B) India (Orissa) (C) Great Lakes Region: (1) Burundi, (2) Tanzania (D) West Africa Coastal:...

Bhubaneswar, 14 February: The United Nations System will re-double its efforts in reducing vulnerabilities of the most disadvantaged communities in the disaster-prone coastal districts of Orissa...

The Indian state of Orissa, which a year ago was recovering from a cyclone and massive flooding, is now in the midst of the worst drought for ten years, says Christian Aid. Tom Palakudiyil, Christian...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Year 2000 brought significant changes to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). In its second year of operations in Hawaii, JTWC had one of the easier forecasting seasons in the...

Baltimore, Dec. 22, 2000 -- Here are some of the numbers that stand out from a review of Lutheran World Relief activities during the past year. The list below includes examples of emergency aid,...

Period covered: 1 January - 30 June 2000 The Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) has been active in disaster response, providing assistance to victims of the cyclone in Orissa and to drought affected...

GA/9832 Continuing its debate on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, the General Assembly this afternoon adopted, without a vote, a...

New Delhi (dpa) - Nearly 2,800 people were killed and 2.7 million houses destroyed in floods that ravaged many areas in India this year, a government statement said Friday. Agriculture Minister...

Although the overall monsoon rains were reported to be normal this year, the lack of monsoon rainfall in western and central parts will further affect food production, especially in the states of...

Overview The World Food Programme wishes to thank donors for their continued generosity. This year donors have contributed over US $ 1.3 billion, and WFP has used these resources to mobilise over 3.1...

HYDERABAD, India, Oct 19 (Reuters) - A cyclone which was threatening to strike India's southern coast has weakened and may even fizzle out in the Bay of Bengal before it can reach land on Thursday...

One year after the supercyclone that killed more than 10,000 people in the Indian state of Orissa, experts from around the world are gathering there to discuss the crucial issue of how to prepare for...

Geneva, 18 October 2000 ACT member, Churches Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) reports that the danger of another cyclone hitting coastal Orissa diminished today following changes in its direction...

Introduction The India Metreological Department (IMD) issued a severe weather warning on 16 October 2000, indicating the formation of depression in Central Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood that was...