Iran: Earthquake - Aug 2012 Updates

Introduction The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA) supports disaster response and preparedness...

Findings showed that social uncertainty and confusion occurs as a result of negligence of some important social aspects in process of returning to the normal life. This issue, in turn, can greatly...

The Manager of Nishabour Housing Foundation of Islamic Revolution said: seven hundred and thirty-eight thousand two hundred and fifty million Rials credit have allocated for reconstruction and...

The Governor of Ahar Township said: now, four thousand of housing units have been operated at rural regions of this township that these units have been undertaken Housing Foundation, Auxiliary...

Highlights A large number of tents in the affected areas are dismantled and people are living either in the multifunctional transitional shelters or rural permanent residential units. More than...

Tropical cyclone Evan hit Samoa and Fiji on 13 and 16 December. As a category 4 storm, Evan caused significant damage to homes and infrastructure on both islands.

Two August earthquakes left 100,000 homeless, and many remain living in unforgiving conditions as winter approaches. Read the full article on Al Jazeera.

An earthquake with magnitude 5.6 has hit South Khorasan province in Iran, killing at least eight people and injuring 12. As of 6 December, no further information available

As winter settles in on this remote province of Iran, a pair of earthquakes that devastated the area in mid-August will likely claim new lives

Highlights The first snowfall of the year blanketed the earthquake affected areas raising the concerns and psychological pressure imposed by chain aftershocks. The precipitation and cold weather...

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Housing Foundation of Islamic Republic of Iran (HFIR) Highlights Transitional shelter and resettlement programs accelerated and contributed significantly to reduction of the affected population under...

Housing Foundation of Islamic Republic of Iran (HFIR) Highlights Against 9,474 above 60% damaged rural residential units, 9,319 steel frames and confined masonry structures have been erected and...

Summary: A twin Earthquakes measuring 6.2 and 6 on the Richter scale shook north-western Iran, East Azerbaijan province on 11 August 2012. As per Tehran University’s Seismological Centre, The...

By MCC Staff Sept. 12, 2012 AKRON, Pa. – Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is sending blankets and providing locally purchased temporary shelter supplies to Iranian people affected by twin...

Highlights Funding shortfalls are undermining the ongoing humanitarian response in Pakistan, with aid agencies cutting critical life-saving assistance. Needs in Syria increased to an estimated 2.5...

This bulletin is being issued for information of the earthquake took place in West Azerbaijan province of Islamic Republic of Iran and reflects the current situation and details available at this...

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Two earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.4 and 6.2 on the Richter scale hit Northwest Iran, Eastern Azerbaijan Province on 11 August 2012. According to the reports of Seismological Centre of Tehran...