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RAPID SITUATION AND INITIAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT (RSINA) FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GoSL) AND UNDP/OCHA IN TSUNAMI AFFECTED DISTRICT AMPARA PART 1 – SITUATION ASSESSMENT Undertaken during 29-30 December 04, in consultation with Government Agent (GA), Ampara, by: I.…

Summary Information relating to the submarine earthquake inbetween Aceh, Indonesia and Sri Lanka of the 26th of December, 2004 has been compiled here. This compilation archives much of the readily available scientific information. Aspects that were not immediately brought out by…

SITUACIÓN El 26 de diciembre de 2004, a las 7:59 hora local (00:59 GTM), un gran terremoto de 8,9 grados de en la escala Richter golpeó la costa nor-occidental de Sumatra provocando enormes olas o tsunamis (de más de 10…

Highlights There has been a significant reduction in the cultivated area of both irrigated as well as rainfed crops for 2004 Yala season due to the failure of the rains. The drought situation was much worse than the forecast by…

Mission Highlights DPR Korea's food production in 2004/05 is estimated to show a slight increase of about 3 percent over last year's revised harvest, thus continuing the trend of recovery witnessed since 2001. Generally favourable weather, relatively pest- and disease-free…

CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY SITUATION OVERVIEW As of October 2004, the number of countries facing serious food shortages throughout the world stands at 35 with 23 in Africa, 6 in Asia/Near East, 5 in Latin America and 1 in…

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…

IWPR survey suggests that most people plan to vote in the upcoming presidential election and are looking to their government to help improve their standard of living. By Shah Mahmood Haroon (ARR No. 134, 15-Sep-04) From all over Afghanistan, ordinary people are…

Mission Highlights - Agricultural production in Afghanistan once again suffered a sharp decline owing to reduced precipitation in some areas and drought in others. This is a real setback to the robust recovery of the past couple of years…

Executive Summary CURRENT FLOOD SITUATION Floodwaters are rising in the central and southern districts of Bangladesh as they fall in the north-eastern and north-western districts, with the water gradually draining into the Bay of Bengal. Districts near the confluence of the…