Flood recovery and dealing with the aftermath of flooding
Six months on from the devastating floods of December 2015, the Environment Agency is embarking on a significant programme of repairs to flood defences damaged by the flooding. More than…
To move families out of risk zones, the government may resort to building high-rise housing, even in rural areas, reports Amantha Perera. GAMTHUNA, Sri Lanka, June 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)…
The European Commission is providing a further € 500 000 (LKR 81 640 000) in humanitarian funding to Sri Lanka to bring emergency assistance to communities affected by Tropical Storm…
LONDON, May 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Floods in Sri Lanka which have forced more than 350,000 people from their homes have left some families with nothing, the Red Cross…
NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) is set to host online training sessions on using NASA’s remote sensing for different types of disasters, including floods, landslides and earthquakes. Training…
KATHMANDU, May 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For weeks after Nepal’s worst earthquake in 80 years, the skies above the Himalayan nation vibrated with military helicopters ferrying relief, airplanes bringing…
The Environment Agency has been working in Cumbria and Yorkshire to aid communities recovering from the record-breaking December 2015 floods. Cumbria Since the devastating floods of early December 2015, the…
An official report by the Environment Agency in the UK reveals that the winter floods of 2013 to 2014 caused damage in England and Wales costing around £1.3 billion. Residential…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to the State of Georgia to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the area…
Heathrow Airport and VisitBritain, the tourist board of Great Britain, have teamed up to help the tourist spots of flood-hit areas in Scotland and northern England. Striking images of Cumbria,…
Researchers at Penn State University have suggested drawing on social media resources to aid flood relief efforts, based on analysis of the Colorado floods which occurred in 2013. “FEMA (the…
The UN Floods Recovery Programme in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with $22.6 million of funding from 28 bilateral donors, is helping establish normal living conditions in communities hit by the devastating…
DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – “Free education but nowhere to sleep!” reads a poster scrawled in Swahili in Dar es Salaam’s Jangwani slum, summing up the…
BARCELONA, Jan 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Governments around the world are underestimating the costs of disasters, particularly smaller ones triggered by weather and climate extremes, which is undermining the…
In Cambodia, a country particularly prone to natural disasters, the European Commission is supporting communities to build up their resilience against the recurring onslaught of floods, droughts and typhoons. ActionAid…
The Red Cross say that victims of the floods that struck in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in September 2015 are still displaced, staying in camps at stadiums. In Freetown, an estimated…
