by Raj Bhagat Palanichamy Chennai, India faced a devastating flood in 2015 that killed hundreds of people and displaced many more. Today, the southern Indian city’s four main reservoirs are virtually...
Bangladesh + 3 more
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are...
In response to the exceptionally intense monsoon rains experienced in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry between October and December 2005, ACTED launched a flood relief operation together with local...
During the last December floods in Tamil Nadu EFICOR provided relief in Cuddalore and Kumbakonam districts to about 9000 families in 46 villages. Some parts of Chidambaram town including EFICOR's...
Le Secours populaire lance un appel aux dons pour venir en aide aux victimes des inondations dans le sud de l'Inde. Des pluies de mousson extrêmement violentes ont entraîné en novembre et décembre...
Afghanistan + 6 more
This appeal seeks CHF 5,413,3331 to fund programmes and activities to be implemented in 2006 and 2007. These programmes are aligned with the International Federation's Global Agenda, which sets out...
Afghanistan + 27 more
"This year has been a year like no other for humanitarian action, bracketed by devastating disasters, - the Indian Ocean Tsunami in the final days of 2004 and the South Asia earthquake of October...
By Nipin Gangadharan It may require huge concerted efforts to tide over the habitat problems post tsunami G. Radha, 44-year-old fisherwoman, sits outside herbattered home in Nagapattinam, hoping in...
In the Karaikal region of Tamil Nadu, India, heavy rains continue to affect many families along the coast devastated by last year's tsunami. The northeast monsoon, which began in late October, has...
Sunday's stampede that left more than 40 people dead and 50 injured in the premises of a government school in Chennai was another gory addition to the list of stampedes in the state. So why is Tamil...
(Chennai, Dec 18) A cyclone alert was sounded along the coastal regions of Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu Sunday as a deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal was lying centred at about 350...
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are...
Appeal Target: US$ 641,383 Geneva, 13 December 2005 Dear Colleagues, This year many parts of India have been affected by severe flooding. The ACT members Church's Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA),...
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are...
The fourth spell of rain in a period of 45 days has commenced. The last spell brought a continous deluge for nearly four days in the third week of November. Another storm 'Fanoos' is brewing and rain...
Nature of hazard: Tropical cyclone Cyclone storm 06B "Fanoos" alert has been issued by IMD (India Meteorological Department) that lays over southwest Bay of Bengal. The cyclone storm has moved...
India + 1 more
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) and the Sri Lanka and India Departments of Meteorology are continuing to provide guidance on Cyclone Fanoos (06B/TD2) in the Bay of Bengal. Cyclone Fanoos is...
by Sarojitha Arokiaraj - Communications After three days of torrential rain, Indian officials say about 13 people have been killed and more than 100,000 others evacuated from their homes in southern...
Most of Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu, the region of mainland India hit hard by the tsunami, is now under the grip of severe floods. More than 250 people have been killed and as many as one million more...
HYDERABAD, India, Dec 5 (Reuters) Torrential rains have killed 21 people and rendered thousands homeless in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, officials said on Monday. The heavy rains,...
