Reports

Dhaka (dpa) - More than a million people fled their submerged homes in western and southern Bangladesh as flood waters from neighbouring India inundated hundreds of villages Thursday along the border between the two countries. Bangladeshi rescue workers reaching a remote…

DHAKA (Sept. 27) XINHUA - An Advanced Meteorological Observing System (AMOS) was formally opened Wednesday at Dhaka Meteorological Office by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to improve the weather forecasting and warning system in Bangladesh. The AMOS was installed under a…

De vastes régions d'Asie du Sud-Est et d'Asie du Sud sont toujours submergées. Bien plus : en maints endroits, les inondations s'étendent et accroissent la détresse de millions de victimes. Appuyée par diverses organisations partenaires, la Direction du développement et…

Written by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports There is no relief in sight for the 10 million people left homeless in flooding that has killed nearly 1,000 people in India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. Floodwaters threatened…

DHAKA, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Soldiers and volunteers intensified relief efforts in Bangladesh on Tuesday after floods killed at least 13 people and left nearly one million homeless. Officials said about 45,000 hectares (112,500 acres) of rice and other crops…

Geneva, 26 September 2000 Heavy and prolonged monsoon rains have once more caused widespread devastation across the Indian state of West Bengal and neighbouring districts in western Bangladesh. Across the region well over 16 million people have been affected by…

Written by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports As the death toll from disastrous floods in eastern India's West Bengal state leapt from 208 to as high as 652 this week, hungry and stranded survivors turned violent.…

Press Release SG/SM/7561 Offers United Nations Assistance to Governments of India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam Following is text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The Secretary-General is distressed by the devastation, especially the high…

(Circulated only for countries where foodcrops or supply situation conditions give rise to concern) A combination of heavy monsoon rains, tropical storms, typhoons and floods have seriously affected a number of countries in Asia including China, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, Thailand,…

Period covered: 8 - 21 September 2000Food items have been procured by the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and distributions in the 13 targeted Districts to 32,500 persons are about to begin. A tidal surge caused further…