Reports

ROME - Today the United Nations World Food Programme sent its first truckloads of relief food to 12 districts in Sri Lanka that have been devastated by the massive tidal surges sweeping the Indian Ocean region. The 168 tonnes…

Australian Red Cross aid worker David Overlack leaves for the tsunami-affected island of Sri Lanka later today (28.12.04) as part of a Red Cross and Red Crescent emergency response team known as FACT -- Field Assessment and Coordination Team…

Devastating Tsunami disasters emanating from two major earthquakes in Indonesia and Andaman and Nicobar Islands respectively affected the coastal areas of most of Sri Lanka on the morning of 26 December 2004. More than 12 of the total 25…

Sri Lanka The tidal waves struck Sri Lanka by 09.00 a.m. The high tidal waves affected coastal areas deep inland on the North East, East, South and South West coast areas, with enormous damage and destruction caused by the force…

Sri Lanka / Situation d'urgence suite au tsunami Depuis dimanche, les populations du Sri Lanka vivent l'horreur : villages dévastés, destruction des biens matériels et des réserves de nourritures, destruction totale des récoltes en cours, inaccessibilité à l'eau potable. Action contre…

The Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation has taken prompt actions to help tsunami victims in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. A 36-member relief team, consisting of medical personnel and volunteers will leave Taiwan for Sri Lanka on Dec. 29, 2004. Shortly…

Plan staff on the ground in worst-hit Sri Lanka, Donations urgently needed for relief and reconstruction Plan is part of a major disaster-response program in Sri Lanka in the wake of the destructive earthquake and tsunami in Southern Asia. In…

BANGKOK, 28th December 2004: The quake which struck off Sumatra on Sunday morning (midnight Saturday GMT) created a tidal wave that reached the Sri Lankan coast at 8am. The country was not prepared for the type of destruction it created,…

The December 26th earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale caused massive tidal waves, which brought widespread devastations across Southeast Asia. As of this morning Medair has operational staff on the ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A Medair team of…

The Baptist World Aid (BWAid) and Hungarian Baptist Aid (HBAid) Medical and Relief Team left for Colombo, Sri Lanka on December 27, just a day after the 8.9-magnitude earthquake off the west coast of the northern Indonesian island of…