India: The quiet disaster
Source: Agency for Technical Cooperation and DevelopmentCountry: IndiaMonsoonal floods in Assam, in the remote Northeast of India, have affected some 2.4 million people since late June, and yet the...
View ArticleIndia: Resolutions for development package, declaring floods national problem
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaGUWAHATI: The state government on Wednesday moved a resolution in the house seeking a financial package from the Centre to develop the state in all spheres. The...
View ArticleIndia: Assam floods - update
Source: TearfundCountry: IndiaThe flood situation in Assam state, India, as reported in One Voice on July 6 this year, is slowly improving. Water is receding in the Brahmaputra and its tributaries and...
View ArticleIndia: ADRA Responds to Indian Floods
Source: Adventist Development and Relief Agency InternationalCountry: IndiaWahroonga, New South Wales — The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia is helping to support some of the...
View ArticleIndia: Rs1.68 crore distributed to 16,865 flood hit
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Jul 31, 2012, 04.48AM ISTYAVATMAL: The government has distributed Rs1.68 crore to 16,865 flood-hit persons in the form of ex-gratia amount of Rs1,000 each over...
View ArticleIndia: Flood situation in Yavatmal improves
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaYAVATMAL: Rains lashed the district during the last 24 hours after a short break of 3-4 days. However, there were no reports of floods in the district even as the...
View ArticleIndia: EU reaches out to victims of Assam floods
Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid departmentCountry: IndiaThe European Commission has responded to Indian monsoon floods in Assam by providing €2 million to assist people who have been most...
View ArticleCentral African Republic: ACTED Newsletter #80 August 2012 [EN/FR]
Source: Agency for Technical Cooperation and DevelopmentCountry: Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan,...
View ArticleIndia: Assam Flood Response
Source: Adventist Development and Relief Agency InternationalCountry: IndiaWritten by Programmes Team High rainfall in the catchment areas of the Brahmaputra and Barak rivers exacerbated by the release...
View ArticleIndia: Oxfam India provides humanitarian assistance to the flood survivors as...
Source: OxfamCountry: IndiaNearly two and a half months after the first wave of floods hit most parts of Assam, normalcy is yet to return to the State with flood survivors still struggling to make both...
View ArticleIndia: Fix problems of flood victims: CS
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaLUCKNOW: Chief secretary Jawed Usmani has directed the divisional commissioners and district magistrates of flood-affected areas of the state to solve the problems...
View ArticleIndia: Over Rs1.8 crore given to flood hit: Nitin Raut
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaT O Abraham, TNN | Sep 2, 2012, 02.25AM ISTYAVATMAL: The district administration has distributed Rs189.83 lakh among 4643 families affected by the flash floods in...
View ArticleIndia: Rudraprayag cloudburst analysis (21.09.2012)
Source: Sphere IndiaCountry: IndiaBackground: On 13th September’s night a cloud-burst struck more than 20 villages in Ukhimath Block of District Rudraprayag. Many people lost their lives along with...
View ArticleIndia: EU offers assistance to victims of Uttarakhand cloudburst
Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid departmentCountry: IndiaNew Delhi, 25th September 2012The European Union is providing over 14 million (€199,500) for humanitarian relief to victims of last...
View ArticleIndia: 'Flood-hit Mebo returning to normal as water recedes'
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Oct 12, 2012, 05.28AM IST ITANAGAR: Life in flood-hit Mebo sub-division in East Siang district is limping back to normal as the water levels of the rivers...
View ArticleIndia: Rain eases up, relief declared for victims
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaHYDERABAD: After four days of heavy rain which left villages and roads inundated, people breathed easy as the flood water started receding in the worst-hit districts...
View ArticleViet Nam: Habitat for Humanity rebuilds homes and lives of those affected by...
Source: Habitat for Humanity InternationalCountry: Fiji, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Samoa, Viet Nam“I now tell my classmates and friends that they should come to my house on rainy days...
View ArticleIndia: Sunflower cultivation brings ray of hope for farmers
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Apr 12, 2013, 05.09 AM ISTBhadrak: The perennial threats of flood and drought over traditional paddy cultivation in most of coastal Bhadrak has forced farmers...
View ArticleIndia: Rebuilding lives after floods
Source: Christian AidCountry: IndiaLast September, heavy and incessant rain flooded 700 villages in Assam, India, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to abandon their homes. The exceptionally heavy...
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World: The State of Environmental Migration 2013 - A review of 2012
Source: International Organization for MigrationCountry: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Haiti, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique,...
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