SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster The collapse of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam on 23 July 2018 as a result of Tropical Storm Son Tinh that had made land fall days earlier, has caused...
Situation Overview Two tropical storms and sustained heavy rainfall during July, August and September 2018 have affected the entire country, including an estimated 2,400 villages and 132,000...
A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster On 18 and 19 July, Tropical Storm Son-Tinh caused heavy rains and flooding in 55 districts of 13 provinces across northern, central and southern Lao...
At a glance On Monday 23 July, heavy rains overwhelmed an auxiliary dam of a hydroelectric project, causing catastrophic flash flooding in villages downstream. More than a hundred people remain...
Key Figures 13,100 people affected in Sanamxay District 6,000 people evacuated to emergency shelters 13,100 people targeted in Sanamxay district $5.6M requested (millions) STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES •...
This Emergency Appeal seeks a total of some 2.9 million Swiss francs on a preliminary basis to enable the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to support the Lao...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Lao PDR Flash Appeal was launched on 22 October in response to the humanitarian needs caused by Typhoon Ketsana. The typhoon resulted in flash flooding in the upland mountainous...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Typhoon Ketsana crossed into the southern provinces of Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) from Vietnam on 29 September, weakening from a typhoon to a tropical depression as it...
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Singapore, 5 October 2009 - The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) has launched two month-long public appeals for survivors of Typhoon Ketsana in Indochina and the Padang earthquake in Indonesia respectively. ...
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Heavy rainfall in and around the Mekong watershed caused the most severe floods in living memory in Lao PDR between 12 and 18 August. The Northern and Central regions of Laos...
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: 877,157 Period covered: 1 July - 31 October 2001 Operational Developments: The party central committee third plenary session held in September, under the chairmanship of Party...
This Final Report is intended for reporting on emergency appeals Appeal No. 27/00 Launched on: 21 September, 2000 for 5 months for CHF 871,317. Budget revised to CHF 1,282,104 on 3 April, 2001 (see...
Revised Budget - Period covered: 16 November 2000 - 12 February 2001 The Lao Red Cross (LRC) / Federation operation in support of 42,000 disaster victims has been well supported. As a result, in...
Period covered: 6 October - 15 November 2000 The Lao Red Cross (LRC), supported by the Federation, began a first round of distributions of family kits to 7,000 beneficiary families in early November...
period covered: 22 September - 5 October 2000 Lao Red Cross, supported by the Federation, is currently carrying out beneficiary identification in the worst-affected provinces. The flood disaster has...
