Informes

By Anna Nelson and Devendra Tak of the International Federation Severe flooding has affected tens of millions of people around the world in recent weeks and months, including Bangladesh, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan and Sudan. From Dhaka to…

NEW DELHI, 7 August 2007 - UNICEF today highlighted the looming health crisis facing millions of children as monsoonal rains have left many stranded by floodwaters and in urgent need of fresh water, food and shelter. "Entire villages are days…

In what has been called the worst flooding in recent times, thousands of lives have been claimed, homes have been destroyed and millions have been left without access to food and water. Bangladesh With over half the country under water, Bangladesh…

Minister of State for Overseas Development, Michael Kitt TD, today approved a half million euro package of emergency aid for the flood victims in Asia. The funding has been allocated to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red…

Hull flood victim sees the extent of disaster for herself International aid agency Oxfam today launched a =A31 million appeal for its work to help nearly 200,000 flood victims in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. The money will be spent on…

MCC is providing aid to people displaced by flooding in Nepal and planning a further response to flooding in Nepal, Bangladesh and India. Seasonal floods are currently affecting millions of people in these South Asian countries, destroying homes, spreading waterborne diseases…

Heavy monsoon rains have caused rising water levels of almost all major rivers and the breach of several flood protection embankments and levees - with nearly 7 million people either marooned or displaced. People have taken shelter among roads…

Millions of people who have been left marooned by torrential monsoon rains south of the Himalayas face an uncertain future cut off from their submerged villages amid fears that epidemics would spread unchecked in the waterlogged region, say relief…

Geneva, August 6, 2007 Members of the global alliance, Action by Churches Together (ACT) International, continue to respond to multiple floods crises across vast regions of Asia. Reuters reports that 35 million people are affected by the crisis in…

DHAKA, Aug 6, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Bangladesh current caretaker government is striving hard to take steps, welcoming help from home and abroad, to fight against the current flooding catastrophe while the situation likely worsens in central region including…