
The Republic of Maldives (hereafter referred to as Maldives) is an archipelago of nearly 1,200 low-lying islands, located south-west of India and Sri Lanka. The archipelago is one of the most...
The Republic of Maldives (hereafter referred to as Maldives) is an archipelago of nearly 1,200 low-lying islands, located south-west of India and Sri Lanka. The archipelago is one of the most...
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Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, 14 November 2022 - Economic losses from drought, floods and landslides have rocketed in Asia. In 2021 alone, weather and water-related hazards caused total damage of US$ 35.6...
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“The global battle to reduce disaster losses by 2030 will be won or lost in Asia and the Pacific” – Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction. This...
A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster In May 2021, the southwest monsoon and activation of tropical storm “Tauktae” in the southeast Arabian sea triggered heavy rainfall across western...
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Highlights • The unprecedented surges of COVID-19 infection in May and June 2021 as well as subsequent waves in many countries have created dire humanitarian situations in the region, continuously...
Summary of major revisions made to emergency plan of action: SLRCS distributed 800 kitchen sets from its’ own stocks at the initial stages of the flood operation and requested IFRC to replenish the...
Situation in Numbers 286 million children in need of humanitarian assistance 664 million people in need 60 percent of children have access to remote learning 523257 active COVID-19 cases (on 30th...
Summary of major revisions made to emergency plan of action: Southwest monsoon rainy season continued with low rainfall since the DREF allocation without significant impact after the initial flooding...
A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster The southwest monsoon and activation of a depression which was later developed to tropical cyclone “Tauktae” over the southeast Arabian sea triggered...
SITUATION UPDATE AND RESPONSE Response and Relief West Coast of India A very severe cyclonic storm with winds gusting up to 185 km per hour began making landfall on the Gujarat coast Monday night...
1. Background: On 11.05.21, IMD issued a press release on the likely formation of a Cyclonic Storm over east-central Arabian Sea by 16th May 2021. Immediately, alerts were issued form MHA Control...
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KEY HIGHLIGHTS India has continued to break records in numbers of new cases and deaths per day since April, with 2,155,392 new cases and 29,051 deaths last week. India and Nepal hospitals continue to...
Highlights Yesterday’s deep depression over Gujarat region moved northeastwards and weakened into a depression, it lay as a depression near latitude 24.9°n and longitude 73.7°e over southeast...
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In the aftermath of cyclone Tauktae in the Saurashtra region on the West Coast of India, there is a high risk of new COVID-19 outbreaks emerging in the coming weeks. Following the latest COVID-19...
The Depression (remnant of the Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm “Tauktae” ) over south Rajasthan and adjoining Gujarat region moved northeastwards with a speed of about 16 kmph during past 06 hours,...
Following the passage of Tropical Cyclone TAUKTAE that made landfall over the coast of Saurashtra (southern Gujarat) on 17 May and crossed the States of Gujarat and southern Rajasthan on 17-18 May,...
Highlights ▪ The extremely severe cyclone ‘TAUKTAE’ (pronounced as Tau’Te) made landfall across the Gujarat coast in Saurashtra region between Diu and Una,starting from 2100 hours IST on 17th May to...
The Cyclonic Storm “Tauktae” (pronounced as Tau’Te) over Saurashtra moved northnortheastwards with a speed of about 23 kmph during past 06 hours, and lay centred at 1730 hours IST of today, the 18 th...
Following the devastation caused by cyclone Tauktae, which hit the West coast of India yesterday killing at least 26 people and destroying thousands of homes, Save the Children is assessing the...