Reports

Tropical Cyclone Mora made landfall early this morning along Bangladesh’s South West coastline between Cox’s Bazaar and the city of Chittagong. The storm was packing winds of between 89 -117 kilometers per hour and throughout the…

Volunteer teams from the Bangladesh Red Crescent were out in full-force this weekend as Cyclone Mora barreled towards the South Asian country. Volunteers helped their neighbors before the storm struck—working with local government authorities to evacuate…

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster On 28 May, 2017, a Signal 1 Level for an upcoming cyclonic storm was declared by Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). The direction of the depression was heading north- northeast, due to…

The IFRC yesterday issued an emergency grant of just under a quarter of a million US dollars to help the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) assist people affected by severe riverine floods in the north and…

(This story appeared earlier today on ifrc.org and has been slightly edited here for length.) Just before Cyclone Roanu slammed into Bangladesh’s coast on Saturday, Mohammad Alamgir Hossain from Char Patila, a remote island in Bhola district,…

The American Red Cross joins with the US government and eight organizations in a partnership to promote resilience in developing countries affected by climate change. The new public-private partnership, which has the support of the Asian Development…

By Maude Froberg in Dhalchar, Bangladesh I’m on my way to Dhalchar, one of many small islands created by silt within rivers. These islands are home to many landless people in this populous country, where around…

On 26 December 2004, a massive earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia (of magnitude Richter scale 9.0) led a tsunami that swept across the Indian Ocean. Almost 226,000 people lost their lives across 13 countries. In its wake…

This report covers the period 01/01/2008 to 30/06/2008 In brief Programme purpose: In order to achieve Global Agenda Goal 1, the disaster management (DM) programme places emphasis on a global disaster management capacity with a close integration between each of its components…

The International Research Institute for Climate and Society, based at Columbia University in New York, is developing tailored forecasting and monitoring products to help the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies improve its capabilities to both respond…