Reports

07.00 hrs 30 December 2004 KEY ISSUES - Hilary Benn, Secretary of State yesterday announced an initial £15 million for immediate humanitarian response in the region. - The US is dispatching a Marine expeditionary unit, the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, and the…

19:00 hrs 29 December 2004 KEY ISSUES - Secretary of State announces an initial £15 million for immediate humanitarian response in the region. - The US is dispatching a Marine expeditionary unit, the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, and the Maritime pre-position squadron…

Highlights Media reports indicate overall numbers have risen to over 60,000 dead. Countries badly affected are Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Thailand. Indonesia: Numbers continue to rise dramatically; some media reports dead over 27,000 with not all areas accessed Maldives: 100,000 severely…

06.00 hrs 29 December 2004 KEY ISSUES - The Government of Indonesia has declared a national disaster but has not called for international assistance. Increased access to affected regions approved, assessments underway. - The Government of the Maldives has declared a national…

CURRENT SITUATION Most Powerful Earthquake in 40 Years A magnitude 9.0 earthquake on December 26, off the west coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered massive tsunamis that affected several countries throughout South and Southeast Asia, as well as…

Situation A series of earthquakes with epicentres off the Northern Sumatra (Aceh) and resultant tsunamis have hit Southeast Asia and caused serious damage and loss of life. The first, strongest quake on 26 December, at 0058 hours GMT, had the…

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (2 December 2004) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved today an US$80 million loan for a project to protect Bangladesh's secondary towns from the devastating effects of floods. The project, the second phase of the Secondary Towns Integrated…

Amount of decision: 2,000,000 euro Decision reference number: ECHO/BGD/BUD/2004/02000 Explanatory Memorandum 1 - Rationale, needs and target population: 1.1. - Rationale: The 2004 monsoon season started in Bangladesh in the middle of June. The flooding was considered to be serious during July when…

Gareth Thomas, Minister for International Development, today announced the UK is to give an additional £4 million to the UN World Food Programme so the poorest people in Bangladesh can have access to food supplies into the new year.…

Executive Summary The Floods The 2004 monsoon floods commenced around 8 July. This followed early flooding in the northwest districts of Bangladesh in April, that had destroyed much of the main annual rice crop in that region just before it was…