Typhoon Morakot - Aug 2009 Updates

Abstract: On top of a decade of exacerbated disaster loss, exceptional global heat, retreating ice and rising sea levels, humanity and our food security face a range of new and unprecedented hazards,...

James Keasley, Oyinlola Oyebode, Saran Shantikumar, William Proto, Majel McGranahan, Amar Sabouni, Farah Kidy Abstract Introduction Globally, a record number of people are affected by humanitarian...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in coordination with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), turned over 184 core shelter units to families left homeless due to flooding...

The 10th Anniversary of Typhoon Morakot is almost upon us, marking the 3,600 plus days the Taiwan Red Cross has devoted to helping affected locals recover from the disaster. We have worked together...

According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration 3 Nock-Ten (Nina) (PAGASA), the Philippines is prone to tropical cyclones due to its geographical...

Date: November 2015 In continuous efforts to safeguard society’s wellbeing and to prevent disaster, Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Compassion Relief Foundation (Tzu Chi) rebuilds 21 schools in Taiwan’s...

Editorial Sometimes it‘s difficult to imagine that another natural disaster could ever happen again, leaving massive destruction in its wake like the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami or the earthquake in...

Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, vol. 36, no. 11 (November 2011) Managing Editor: Richard Wunderman. Pinatubo (Philippines) Hardships and economic impact of the 1991 eruption Please cite...

On October 2, the Tzu Chi Foundation held a tea party to celebrate completion of the second phase of a new community it built in south Taiwan. They built it for those who lost their homes to Typhoon...

Rebuilding Hope In 2009, Taiwan experienced the worst damage in half century by Typhoon Morakot. It claimed 699 lives. Southern Taiwan was severely hit and most areas were devastated. With the...

Mercy Relief and Filipino partners revive ecosystems for Zambales’s coastal communities with integrated livelihood, water sanitation, healthcare & ecotourism projects Rampant poverty and the lack of...

A situation analysis on Child Protection in the Philippines commissioned by the Save the Children Child Protection Initiative (CPI ) that could be used to guide the development of child protection...

On March 12, Tzu Chi Foundation started work on the second phase of permanent housing project in southern Taiwan for survivors of Typhoon Morakot, which struck the island in August 8, 2009. It aims...

Date: 26 October 2010 Press Release No: G/53/2010 Incheon, Republic of Korea (UN ESCAP Information Services) - People in the Asia-Pacific region are four times more likely to be affected by natural...

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) released $98.91 million from the Disaster Relief Fund to provide immediate relief to people in distress outside Hong Kong in the year...

This report covers the period from 1 January to 30 December 2009. Summary: The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) and the International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), while...

This report covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2009. Summary: The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies' (IFRC) East Asia regional office serves to support and...

TAIPEI - The mainland-based Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) will donate 120 million yuan ($17.6 million) to Taiwan for reconstruction work in areas hit by the typhoon disaster last August. Hao...

On February 11, the Great Love Village built by Tzu Chi for the survivors of Typhoon Morakot is opened. The first 500 families moved in on a day of happiness and celebration, after nearly three...

UNISDR 2010/01 Geneva - In the past decade, nearly 60 per cent of the people killed by disasters died because of earthquakes, the Center for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) revealed...