Venezuela: Floods - Nov 2000 Updates

(1/2001) Venezuela - LAVE 02 Appeal Geneva, 19 July, 2001 Fifteen days of constant and intense rainfall in Venezuela culminated on 16 December 1999 in extensive flooding and massive landslides in...

GENEVA - A failure to understand the economic and social realities facing disaster victims leads to poorly designed aid efforts which don't help protect people from the impact of future disasters,...

Written by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, RedCross.org In December 1999, Venezuelans were far too preoccupied with the approaching Christmas season and a new constitution to heed the potential...

Graphs and charts never tell the human story in all of its richness. For convenience, AFSC divides its work into fixed thematic and geographic categories, but we remain mindful of an overarching...

By David Sanderson, Technical and Policy Adviser, CARE International UK Shortly after the floods in Venezuela that killed 30,000 people last December1, the country's President Chavez publicly blamed...

Period covered: 1 September - 30 November 2000 Recent flooding in November affected nine states and has hampered the progress of rehabilitation work. Activities in the field of health are continuing...

Written by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports CARACAS, Venezuela - Bella Palma can't imagine a life outside Piedra Azok, a small community in the northern...

GA/9832 Continuing its debate on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, the General Assembly this afternoon adopted, without a vote, a...

Vietnam In the last week, at least 31 people have been killed in Vietnam because of rainfall that swelled rivers already overflowing from a season of heavy rains. An average of a foot of rain fell in...

By Leslie Petersen - Operations Director VENEZUELA: Flooding last week in the State of Vargas has affected families still struggling to recover from last year's tragedy, and harmed some 400 new...

Written by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports Nearly a year after floods and mudslides devastated the Venezuelan coastal state of Vargas and parts of the capital,...

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM Church World Service is the Relief and Development Agency of the 35 member denominations of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A 35...

Torrential rains have lashed the Venezuelan coastal state of Vargas, leaving three people dead and forcing the evacuation of thousands. Nearly 3,000 people were left homeless and heavy losses in...

By Ana Isabel Martinez VUELTA DEL CEDRO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Nelson Sanchez left his shack carrying his sick brother in his arms, braving torrential flooding to search for a doctor. Minutes later...

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0214 OCHA Situation Report No. 2 Venezuela - Floods 17 November 2000 Approximately 7,000 people affected Disaster Situation 1. According to the United Nations Resident...

Caracas (dpa) - After five days of severe storms, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has declared a state of emergency in several states and the capital and Thursday cancelled an overseas trip. Heavy...

The Disaster Following several days of heavy rains, a state of emergency has been declared in nine states in Venezuela as a result of widespread flooding: Merida, Trujillo, Falcón, Zulia, Carabobo,...

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0212 OCHA Situation Report No. 1 Venezuela - Floods 16 November 2000 State of Alert declared in eleven states Situation 1. Following days of incessant heavy rains, the Government...

Geneva, 16 November 2000 A state of emergency has been declared in Venezuela, after days of incessant, heavy rains that have left at least three people dead and 2,400 homeless. The capital city of...

By Magdalena Morales LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared a state of emergency in nine flood-stricken northern states Wednesday, after days of torrential rains...