Five million swamped by catastrophic floods in Vietnam

Women are the agents of change for climate change ...

Posted by Corrie Butler | Aug 9, 2019 | Blog, Climate action, Flood, Gender, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe | 0 |

The five biggest emergencies in Africa we’ve...

Posted by Corrie Butler | Dec 30, 2018 | Africa, Flood, Migration, Uncategorised | 0 |

Early action key as South Asia copes with four crises in one year

by rachelp | Oct 1, 2020 | Bangladesh, Flood | 0 |

In South Asia, more than 25 million people have been battling four crises in one year. Floods came...

Women are the agents of change for climate change in southern Africa

by Corrie Butler | Aug 9, 2019 | Blog, Climate action, Flood, Gender, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe | 0 |

Today South Africa marks Women’s Day. Much like the women being commemorated for the march to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, women in southern Africa today may well hold the same flint that lights a “new movement” – climate change. Southern Africa is one of the regions projected to experience the most serious consequences of global warning and the El Niño effect. In 2019, we experienced one of the worst disasters the region has ever seen – Cyclone Idai ravaged communities in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe and continue to rebuild their lives.

Flash flood and landslides hit Indonesia

by Nicola Jones | Mar 19, 2019 | Asia Pacific, Flood | 0 |

A flash flood and landslides following heavy rain have forced thousands of people in Indonesia’s...

Lebanon: Storm Norma brings rain, snow… and two babies

by ranacassou | Jan 9, 2019 | Flood, Middle East and North Africa | 0 |

By Rana Sidani Cassou More than 300 Lebanese Red Cross volunteers and staff have been working...

The five biggest emergencies in Africa we’ve responded to in 2018

by Corrie Butler | Dec 30, 2018 | Africa, Flood, Migration, Uncategorised | 0 |

In 2018, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent responded to 34 emergencies in...

Nigeria flood: as water levels subside, the needs rise in displacement camps

by Corrie Butler | Oct 10, 2018 | Flood, Nigeria | 0 |

A temporary shelter perched near the riverside in Patani displacement camp in Delta State, Nigeria...

1.4 million people in Nigeria affected by floods disaster

by Alison Freebairn | Sep 25, 2018 | Africa, Flood, Lead | 0 |

Nearly a quarter of a million households in Nigeria are at risk after heavy rains caused flooding...

Flooding and landslides kill 76 people in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

by Alison Freebairn | Sep 6, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Flood, Lead | 0 |

Heavy flooding and landslides in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have killed at...

In pictures: The faces of the Lao dam collapse

by Ika Mudzar | Aug 7, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Flood, Lead, Themes | 0 |

It’s been two weeks since the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam collapsed sending floodwaters surging through south-eastern Laos. More than 13,000 people have been affected. These are some of their stories.

Asia Pacific: Multiple disasters affect millions in the region

by Ika Mudzar | Jul 30, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Flood, Lead | 0 |

The Asia Pacific region is currently facing a series of disasters. In Southeast Asia, a dam collapse in Lao PDR led to severe flooding, which extending to neighbouring Cambodia.