Meeriyabedda – How Disaster Preparation Broke Down in Sri Lanka
Torrential monsoon rain across parts of southern India and Sri Lanka during the last 4 or 5 days of October 2014, led to flooding and several landslides in Sri Lanka.…
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Nepal Disaster Preparedness Needs to go Local
After a summer of floods and landslides, and more recently deadly avalanches, Nepal Disaster Preparedness Needs to go Local, says a report by IRIN News. KATHMANDU, 17 October 2014 (IRIN)…
Pakistan Floods – High Risk of Dengue, Malaria and Cholera
ISLAMABAD, 9 October 2014 (IRIN) – As waters continue to recede after floods that have affected more than 2.5 million Pakistanis, health experts warn a further crisis may be unfolding…
Resilience Planning – Successes, Failures and Pitfalls
BANGKOK, 26 September 2014 (IRIN) – Among the topics being discussed at the 2014 World Climate Week in New York City (22-26 September), are financing resilient cities, corporate actions for…
Pakistan Floods Affect 2.3 million
JHANG CITY (PUNJAB), 17 September 2014 (IRIN) – As the flood emergency deepens in Pakistan, now affecting nearly 2.3 million people, humanitarian teams have mobilized to work alongside local government…
Risk of “Super-Flood” in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, 11 September 2014 (IRIN) – Late monsoon rains in northern Pakistan have washed away communities, devastated farmland, and brought the risk of a “super-flood” moving across the country, leaving…
Bangladesh Floods Test Disaster Response Improvements
DHAKA, 2 September 2014 (IRIN) – Floods triggered by two weeks of intense rain have affected two million people in northern Bangladesh and left up to half a million homeless.…
Kenya to Pilot Malaria Treatments
KISUMU, 18 July 2014 (IRIN) – Kenya is experimenting with unconventional methods to tackle high malaria rates through the piloting of mass drug administration (MDA) – treating entire communities with…
“No-Build Zones” Confusion in Philippines
MANILA, 18 July 2014 (IRIN) – Mixed messages related to “No-Build Zones” in coastal areas of the Philippines, including those devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013 can create a…
Pakistan Flood Victims Await Unfulfilled Promises
ATTABAD, 14 July 2014 (IRIN) – Four and a half years after a landslide and subsequent flooding in northern Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan State killed 19 people and displaced around 25,000, a…
Ivorian Floods Highlight Disaster Preparedness Shortcomings
ABIDJAN, 4 July 2014 (IRIN) – Recent heavy downpours and flooding in Côte d’Ivoire have killed dozens of people, washed away houses and once again highlighted poor disaster preparedness in…
High-Tech Flood Warning System in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
RAWALPINDI, 20 May 2014 (IRIN) – A dozen children toss a frisbee around in a park in Rawalpindi’s Gawalmandi neighbourhood, under the shadow of a 30-foot-high tower capped with two…
Miserable Conditions at Camp for Zimbabwe Flood Victims
MWENEZI, 2 May 2014 (IRIN) – More than 3,000 families displaced by flooding in the Tokwe-Mukosi dam basin in Zimbabwe’s southeastern Masvingo Province are facing looming food shortages after more…
New-concept Flood Insurance could help Bangladesh’s Poor
DHAKA, 11 April 2014 (IRIN) – A new insurance scheme in which pre-determined flood thresholds trigger speedy compensation offers hope for poor people in flood-prone Bangladesh, experts say. “Floods adversely…
