Rapports

SAVE THE CHILDREN (UK) Heavy rains in India and Bangladesh have been wreaking havoc over the past two weeks. In India the most recent rains are concentrated in West Bengal State and are particularly severe in the eastern district of…

Situation in West Bengal As the waters begin to recede in the state of West Bengal, the scale of the disaster is becoming apparent. The death toll passed the 1000 mark on 1 October and reports estimate that 20 million…

THIS APPEAL SEEKS CHF 3,796,936 TO ASSIST 771,000 BENEFICIARIES FOR 3 MONTHSTHIS APPEAL REPLACES THE PRELIMINARY APPEAL OF 18 AUGUST Summary Since the launch of the preliminary appeal for floods in Bangladesh on 18 August, the scope of…

By Syed Ahmeduzzaman KALAGACHIA, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Twelve days after floods inundated southwestern Bangladesh, villagers in chest-high water cried out for help on Friday as an army rescue raft approached. A rank odor rose from the floodwaters and wafted over a…

Dhaka (dpa) - Thousands of soldiers and civilian volunteers failed to hold back water from a crumbling dyke in southwestern Bangladesh on Friday as millions of flood-stricken homeless families wer forced to deal with hunger and squalor in overcrowded…

Geneva, 5 October 2000 ACT members in Bangladesh have reported that the flood situation has worsened further in the western and south-western frontier districts bordering the Indian state of West Bengal as new areas become submerged not only by onrushing…

The Salvation Army in Bangladesh has joined with the government and other NGOs in an all-out effort to help the millions of people who are suffering the effects of unprecedented flooding in the south-west of the country. The late…

By Ayub Hossain JESSORE, Bangladesh, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Devastating floods in Bangladesh that have killed more than 100 people and affected millions continued to surge on Wednesday, but officials said about 150 fishermen missing in the Bay of…

INDIA and BANGLEDESH (October 4, 2000) -- CARE is moving massive amounts of relief supplies to victims in areas of India and Bangladesh experiencing their worst flooding in decades. CARE is positioned to provide a strong emergency response because…

OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN BANGLADESH The United Nations Disaster Management Team (UNDMT) in Bangladesh met this morning (04 October 2000) to review the current flood situation in the South-Western region of the country. The team, comprising all…