Reports

GENEVA, Apr 12, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Representatives from Indian Ocean countries affected by the Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami and other countries and experts on early warning systems will gather in Mauritius on Thursday for the second international…

Representatives from Indian Ocean countries affected by the 26 December 2004 tsunami and other countries and experts on early warning systems will gather in Mauritius for the Second International Coordination Meeting for the Development of a Tsunami Warning and…

SurfAid International has sounded the alarm as the risk of epidemics rises among the stricken communities of West Nias. All along the west coast of the Sumatran island hundreds of thousands of people from hundreds of villages are sleeping rough.…

KABUL, 8 April (IRIN) - After serious flooding in southern Afghanistan in March, humanitarian workers in Kabul have told IRIN the worst is now over. "Most of the snow melt which we anticipated would cause flooding has now gone…

The earthquake that struck Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 28, has reinforced the need for a comprehensive, durable tsunami early warning system that will provide the accurate real-time information required by national authorities to properly warn and protect their populations, UNESCO…

Yesterday's massive earthquake off the Sumatra coastline has thrown up two challenges to the aid effort in the region, says ActionAid. Psychological impacts Whilst large-scale loss of life and damage to property only occurred in Indonesia, the earthquake has amplified people's worries…

United Nations offices throughout the area hit by last December's tsunami are on alert after a new earthquake struck the west coast of Indonesia today, and though no tsunamis have been reported this time, the shocks are a wake-up…

IHA/1023 (Reissued as received.) PARIS, 11 March (ISDR) -- Experts from the United Nations and the Indian Ocean countries affected by the December tsunami gathered at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris on…

9 March 2005 - In a bid to set up an immediate interim tsunami early-warning system for the Indian Ocean, which experts believe could have saved scores of thousands of lives in last December's disaster, a United Nations-sponsored meeting…

Twenty four hours after yet another significant earthquake shook Indonesia and underlined the risks in the Indian Ocean Basin, a Red Cross and Red Crescent summit announced unprecedented efforts to place survivors of last December's devastating tsunami out of…