Informes

HIGHLIGHTS - The risk of a large scale flood for the coming week is moderate. Relative to last weeks report, risk has increased due to heavy rains both within Bangladesh and upstream in India. - At sub-national scale;…

HIGHLIGHTS - The risk of a large scale flood for the coming week is low to moderate. - Although the current flood risk is relatively low, rivers are likely to rise in the coming days due to a…

HIGHLIGHTS - The risk of a large scale flood for the coming week is low to moderate. The prevailing flood situation in some low-lying areas of Zone 4 (see map next page) is improving. - As of the morning of…

About this Module This publication is the first module of the ‘Resource Manual on Flash Flood Risk Management’ prepared under the project ‘Capacity Building for Flash Flood Risk Management and Sustainable Development in the Himalayas’, supported by…

About this Module Flash floods are among the most destructive natural disasters in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region. They are sudden events that allow very little time to react. They often occur in isolated remote mountain catchments, where…

HIGHLIGHTS - The risk of a large scale flood for the coming week is low. The prevailing flood situation in some low-lying areas of Zone 4 (see map next page) has begun to improve. - As of the morning of…

YANGON, 24 July 2008 (IRIN) - The risk of malaria remains high in Myanmar's cyclone-affected Ayeyarwady Delta, health officials warn, almost three months after Cyclone Nargis struck. Close to 140,000 people were killed or registered missing when the category four…

By Sanjida S. Tawhid, communications officer, IFRC in Dhaka During the monsoon, landslides are an ever-present danger in many parts of Bangladesh. There is no stopping them because of the ever-increasing cutting of hillsides and the spreading encroachments on government land. Unfortunately,…

DHAKA, Jul 23, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- The United Kingdom will increase its annual aid for Bangladesh to reduce losses caused by effects of climate change, private news agency UNB reported Wednesday. Stefan Evans, British High Commissioner to…

Appeal Target: US$ 1,398,910 Geneva, 23 July 2008 Dear Colleagues, Since a devastating earthquake struck Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces in May 2006, members of the global alliance Action by Churches Together (ACT) International, Church World Service (CWS), Yakkum Emergency Unit (YEU),…