Papua New Guinea: Floods and Landslides - Jan 2013 Updates

Overview The IFRC in the Pacific is striving to ‘cultivate’ sustained local capacities by investing in Pacific Red Cross National Societies, their staff and volunteers. These National Societies in...

PNG is highly susceptible to natural disasters, including volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis. Extreme weather events, such as droughts and floods, threatening food security, are on the increase.

Bangladesh - Tropical Storm Mahasen struck southern districts on 16 May. The Joint Needs Assessment (JNA) is ongoing and preliminary findings are due to be presented tomorrow (21 May). 17 people have...

Marshall Islands - The Government has issued an elevated state of disaster due to the severe drought in northern parts of the country, affecting between 3,200 and 5,000 people. Assessments are...

Updated 7 May 2013, 13:04 AEST The international aid agency Oxfam says the flooding situation in Papua New Guinea's East Sepik province has now reached crisis point. Seven people have been confirmed...

1. DPR Korea - Crisis Watch classifies the situation in DPR Korea as "deteriorating" in response to recent decisions by the authorities there to cut off communications with the Rep of Korea; an order...

Food supplies are dwindling for more than 5000 villagers in Central Bougainville as a result of continuous heavy rain. Food gardens in the coastal village of Rorovana have been washed away and an...

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Solomon Islands - An magnitude 8 earthquake struck, triggering a tsunami affecting the Santa Cruz islands (Temotu Province). Initial reports say 700 HHs are affected, 3.500 people are displaced and 9...

Summary Heavy rainfall since November 2012 has resulted in floods and landslides affecting homes, properties, vegetation, gardens, water sources and infrastructure. Thousands of people are affected...

Posted at 07:53 on 04 February, 2013 UTC The United States Agency for International Development is giving the Papua New Guinea Red Cross 50,000 US dollars to support disaster relief efforts in Morobe...

Papua New Guinea's National Disaster Centre says it lacks both the staff and logistical capacity to respond quickly to natural disasters throughout the country. Tens of thousands of people have been...

27,000 people in PNG's Oro Province still need food and water after severe flooding, the Red Cross says. The Red Cross says more than 27,000 flood-affected people in Papua New Guinea's Oro Province...

Philippines - TC Bopha (Pablo) struck the southern Philippines in early December. Concerns for acute respiratory infections in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental provinces have declined since...