Category: Flood
Women are the agents of change for climate change in southern Africa
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.
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Flash flood and landslides hit Indonesia
A flash flood and landslides following heavy rain have forced thousands of people in Indonesia’s...
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Lebanon: Storm Norma brings rain, snow… and two babies
By Rana Sidani Cassou More than 300 Lebanese Red Cross volunteers and staff have been working...
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The five biggest emergencies in Africa we’ve responded to in 2018
In 2018, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent responded to 34 emergencies in...
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Nigeria flood: as water levels subside, the needs rise in displacement camps
A temporary shelter perched near the riverside in Patani displacement camp in Delta State, Nigeria...
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1.4 million people in Nigeria affected by floods disaster
Nearly a quarter of a million households in Nigeria are at risk after heavy rains caused flooding...
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Flooding and landslides kill 76 people in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Heavy flooding and landslides in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have killed at...
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In pictures: The faces of the Lao dam collapse
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.
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Asia Pacific: Multiple disasters affect millions in the region
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.
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IFRC disaster expert: “Cox’s Bazar crisis is one of the worst I’ve ever seen”
Kutupalong – Balukhali, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. 12 June 2018. As monsoon season sets in,...
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Kenya: Floods trigger death and massive displacement, threaten disease outbreaks
The Kenya Red Cross Society and IFRC are responding to disastrous flooding across Kenya and need...
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Mobile medical teams reach trapped flood survivors
Fatema Begum is all smiles after receiving medicine and advice on treating her sick baby, but before today it was a different story. “We were living in a very horrible situation and suffering with no one to look after us,” the mother of four says. “Until now no one has come to help us.”
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