Reports

The disaster Unusually heavy rains during the monsoon season have caused havoc and serious lossesin many parts of the Kingdom of Nepal, starting as of 11 July. Most damage is beingcaused by either flash floods in the hill districts or…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0251 SITUATION 1. TYPHOON FRANKIE, THE FIRST MAJOR STORM TO HIT VIETNAM THIS YEAR, STRUCK THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY ON 24 JULY. THE MOST AFFECTED PROVINCES ARE NAM HA, THAI BINH AND NINH BINH PROVINCES, WHERE…

TOKYO (Reuter) - North Korea has been hit by torrential rains for the second year in a row, prompting a flood warning and a new potential threat to the communist nation's frail economic condition. There were conflicting reports about whether the…

The World Food Programme, in response to growing hunger in North Korea, has launched an expanded emergency operation for the country that will feed three times as many people as before and will last until next spring. WFP, the U.N.'s…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS The World Food Programme, in response to growing hunger in North Korea, has launched an expanded emergency operation that will feed three times as many people as before and will last until next spring. Donors had reacted rapidly to…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (CNN) -- Flooding that has killed at least 291 people in Bangladesh and India has brought an epidemic of sickness caused by polluted water and rotting food. "The disease is spreading fast, with hundreds of people falling ill…

A storm in the Bay of Bengal sank 18 fishing trawlers, killing at least 16 people and leaving 100 missing, local officials said. The storm and monsoon floods battering India and Bangladesh, together with disease blamed on the deluge, have killed…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0245 SITUATION 1. IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS (SINCE 12 JULY 1996), NEPAL WAS HIT BY MONSOON-SPAWNED FLOODS WHICH TRIGGERED SEVERAL LANDSLIDES. 2. 92 PEOPLE ARE REPORTED DEAD, 21 INJURED, 126 MISSING, 5,145 HOUSES DAMAGED. BRIDGES, ROADS AND AGRICULTURAL LAND…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0246 SITUATION 1. TYPHOON GLORIA, THE SIXTH MAJOR STORM TO HIT THE PHILIPPINES THIS YEAR, AFFECTED THE NORTHERN LUZON PROVINCES CAUSING FLASHFLOODS AND LANDSLIDES. THE TYPHOON, WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 120 KPH NEAR THE CENTRE AND GUSTINESS…

OVERVIEW Further to GIEWS' Special Alert No. 265 of February 1996, an on-the-spot assessment of the 1996 Yala crop and the overall food supply situation has just been completed by FAO/GIEWS. The assessment is based on field visits to the…