Philippines: Floods - Feb 2000 Updates

period covered: 1 January - 30 June 2000 During the first half of the year, efforts were devoted to the relocation of the Regional Delegation to Bangkok which has been successfully achieved...

‘Vulnerable Water’ Jose Hueb, WHO Water, Sanitation and Health Department of Protection of the Human Environment Approximately 1.1 billion people globally do not have access to adequate supplies of...

MANILA, Feb 16 (Reuters) - One person drowned and more than 7,000 others fled their homes after floods caused by heavy rains swept low-lying areas of Davao city in the southern Philippines, relief...

Ref. OCHA/GVA - 2000/0014 Philippines - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 1 8 February 2000 Situation 1. A week of torrential rain at the end of January 2000 has caused flash floods on the island of...

MANILA, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Floods and landslides in the southern Philippines have killed 23 people and caused widespread crop damage, but the water has begun to recede, civil defence officials said on...

Heavy rains and floods in Mindanao in the south in late January, killed at least 11 people and displaced a further 20 000. There is possibility that casualties and the estimate of damage will...