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India: India: Leh victims move to new homes

Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaKim Arora, TNN, Nov 24, 2010, 06.11am ISTLEH: They call it, Jhakzang, an auspicious day for moving into a new house. And across Solar camp, the biggest...

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India: USAID/OFDA South Asia Newsletter - September to November 2010

Source: US Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: India, PakistanUSAID/OFDA Assistance Follows Flood-Affected Individuals HomeFour months after the most severe floods in the country's history,...

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India: India: Leh flood survivor builds home with own hands

Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaLEH: Shading her eyes from the sun, Tsering Angmo puts the spade back on the ground, and rests one foot on a rock to take a break. Her hands and clothes are coated...

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Afghanistan: Two thirds of states seen highly vulnerable to climate change by...

Source: AlertNetCountry: Afghanistan, Haiti, Somalia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, PakistanLONDON (AlertNet) - Around two thirds of countries will become highly vulnerable to climate change by 2030,...

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India: India: ACT Alliance Alert - No. 43/2010: Tamil Nadu Floods

Source: ACT AllianceCountry: IndiaGeneva, 3 December 2010Brief Description of the EmergencyTamil Nadu has been receiving heavy and prolonged rains over the past two weeks, resulting in a rapid increase...

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India: India: Flash Floods in Leh DREF operation n° MDRIN005 Update n° 02

Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: IndiaPeriod covered by this update: 21 August to 26 November 2010.Summary: CHF 54,543 (USD 52,476 or EUR 39,516) has...

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India: India: Floods DREF operation no. MDRIN006 Update n° 02

Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: IndiaThe International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source...

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India: India: Programme Update Appeal No. MAAIN001

Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: IndiaIn briefProgramme purpose: The 2010 disaster management programme is designed around the four disaster management...

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India: World Bank to Support Bihar Government's Initiative to Rebuild...

Source: World BankCountry: IndiaPATNA, January 12, 2011: The World Bank today signaled its intention to increase support to the Government of Bihar (GoB) over the next few years, with part of the funds...

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India: Forget the chill, 2010 was India's hottest year on record

Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaNEW DELHI: Severe cold may well be making headlines in the past two weeks, but here's the big picture: 2010 was the warmest year ever in India since weather records...

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India: India: Assam turns to village disaster management committees to deal...

Source: AlertNetCountry: IndiaPATIWALA GAON, India (AlertNet) - The residents of Patiwala Gaon, a village in India's northeastern Assam state near the banks of the mighty Brahmaputra River, are used to...

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Chile: Cost of natural disasters $109 billion in 2010-U.N.

Source: Reuters - Thomson Reuters FoundationCountry: Chile, China, Haiti, India, Pakistan, PhilippinesDeveloping countries shoulder rising costs from disasters* Earthquakes, floods cost $109 bln in...

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India: India: Floods DREF operation n° MDRIN006 Update n° 03

Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: IndiaThe International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source...

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India: India: Local response to fury of Bahraich floods

Source: Citizen News ServiceCountry: IndiaAnjali Singh - CNSJust a short stroll through Rewali, Adampur, the mud embankment in Kaiserganj, Bahraich, a small district in the flood prone area of Uttar...

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India: India: Flash Floods in Leh Operation No. MDRIN005 Final Report

Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: IndiaPeriod covered by this update: 11 August to 10 December 2010.Summary: CHF 54,543 was allocated from the...

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India: Hansi-Butana wall worries Punjab villagers

Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaSANGRUR: As if a swelling Ghaggar during monsoons was not enough for causing damage, the construction of a 10-foot high concrete wall along the Hansi-Butana canal in...

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World: Displacement due to natural hazard-induced disasters - Global...

Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring CentreCountry: Bangladesh, Chile, China, Colombia, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, WorldGeneva/Oslo, 6 June 2011 –...

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India: Training to tackle flood-related mishaps

Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Jun 20, 2011, 02.54am ISTPATIALA: Even as the Patiala district administration is yet to start any major effort to train residents of flood affected areas to...

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India: Floods DREF operation n° MDRIN006 Final Report

Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: IndiaSummary: CHF 358,313 was allocated from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’...

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India: Leh floods: Victims still await full compensation

Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaRohan DuaRohan Dua, TNN | Aug 8, 2011, 03.13AM ISTSABOO (Leh): It's been a year since the cloudburst last year killed two members of Jaigmet Angmo's family including...

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