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Caribbean Life “as We Know It” at Serious Risk – Expert

Caribbean Life “as We Know It” at Serious Risk – Expert

2 August, 2017

“A lot of the damage now comes from extreme precipitation. So that translates into floods, landslides, loss of life, loss of livelihoods” BOGOTA, July 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As…

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Climate Change and Flooding Threaten 4.2 Million People on Caribbean and Pacific Islands

Climate Change and Flooding Threaten 4.2 Million People on Caribbean and Pacific Islands

31 May, 2017

BELIZE CITY, Belize – A new study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) estimates that 4.2 million people in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean and in the…

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EU Announces New Aid for Natural Disasters for Latin America and the Caribbean at UN Conference

EU Announces New Aid for Natural Disasters for Latin America and the Caribbean at UN Conference

31 May, 2017

The European Commission has today announced new funding of €14.3 million to support countries affected by natural disasters and invest in disaster risk reduction and resilience in Latin America and…

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Caribbean – Homes and Infrastructure Damaged After Floods in Jamaica, Haiti and Dominican Republic

Caribbean – Homes and Infrastructure Damaged After Floods in Jamaica, Haiti and Dominican Republic

19 May, 2017

Heavy rain over the last few days has caused flooding in parts of the Caribbean, including Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Haiti. Haiti In Haiti, the Ministry of Interior issued a…

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Haiti – Deadly Floods in Sud Department

Haiti – Deadly Floods in Sud Department

24 April, 2017

Flooding in Haiti’s Sud Department has caused at least 2 deaths, damaged around 80 homes and forced over 50 families to evacuate. Heavy rainfall between 20 to 23 April resulted…

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Jamaica – Hundreds of Homes Damaged After Floods in Clarendon

Jamaica – Hundreds of Homes Damaged After Floods in Clarendon

24 April, 2017

Heavy rain from Friday 21 April, 2017 caused flooding in parts of southern Jamaica. Images from news reports and Social Media showed cars submerged in flood water almost 2 metres…

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Latin America Needs to Climate Proof Infrastructure – World Bank

Latin America Needs to Climate Proof Infrastructure – World Bank

12 April, 2017

TEPIC, Mexico, April 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Melting glaciers, intense storms and other climate-related shocks are expected to ramp up pressure on Latin America’s infrastructure, which needs to be…

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First Above-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season Since 2012 Produced Five Landfalling U.S. Storms

First Above-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season Since 2012 Produced Five Landfalling U.S. Storms

6 December, 2016

As the Atlantic, eastern Pacific and central Pacific 2016 hurricane seasons end today, NOAA scientists said that all three regions saw above-normal seasons. For the Atlantic, this was the first…

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Dominican Republic – Over 20,000 People Displaced by Floods

Dominican Republic – Over 20,000 People Displaced by Floods

10 November, 2016 6 Comments

Thousands of people have been displaced by flooding in the Dominican Republic over the last few days. Heavy rain began to fall in the country from 07 November, causing flooding…

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Haiti – Further Flooding Leaves 10 Dead

Haiti – Further Flooding Leaves 10 Dead

7 November, 2016

Heavy rain from 05 November has caused rivers to overflow, landslides and flash flooding in at least 15 municipalities of Haiti. A report from the Government of Haiti of 06…

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Haiti – 140,000 Still Homeless After Hurricane Matthew

Haiti – 140,000 Still Homeless After Hurricane Matthew

27 October, 2016

Over 140,000 people remain homeless in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew, according to the latest update from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA). Hurricane Matthew made landfall…

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Poor, Unprotected Nations Suffer Most Disaster Deaths

Poor, Unprotected Nations Suffer Most Disaster Deaths

17 October, 2016

Of the 1.35 million people killed by natural hazards from 1996 to 2015, 90 percent died in low and middle-income countries, reports Megan Rowling for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. BARCELONA,…

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NASA Monitors Rainfall Totals From Hurricane Matthew

NASA Monitors Rainfall Totals From Hurricane Matthew

14 October, 2016

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland has produced a rainfall analysis from Hurricane Matthew. It was accomplished using data from NASA’s Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG). The…

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Haiti – EU Steps Up Support for Victims of Deadly Hurricane Matthew

Haiti – EU Steps Up Support for Victims of Deadly Hurricane Matthew

14 October, 2016

The European Commission has stepped up its support with a further €1.5 million in emergency aid for those most affected by hurricane Matthew in Haiti to cover basic immediate needs.…

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20 Years of Disaster Risk Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean

20 Years of Disaster Risk Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean

14 October, 2016

In 1996, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) launched a comprehensive agenda for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) throughout the Latin America and the…

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Haiti – Hurricane Matthew Update

Haiti – Hurricane Matthew Update

10 October, 2016

According to figures issued by the government Haiti, a total of 336 people have been killed by the hurricane in seven departments from south-east to north-west, as of noon 08…

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