AGADEZ, 22 December 2009 (IRIN) – Local officials in Niger’s northern Agadez region – hit by its most severe storms in decades in September 2009 – have been trying to root out false flood victims in order to redirect aid to needy families and reconstruction. More than 13,000 homes were partially or completely destroyed by [...]
26 November 2009, Rome – Climate change is projected to impact heavily on agriculture, forestry and fisheries in the Pacific islands, leading to increased food insecurity and malnutrition, FAO warned today ahead of the UN summit on climate change in Copenhagen. The agency urged governments and donors to immediately start implementing robust and action-oriented climate change [...]
UNICEF / MANILA, Philippines, 25 November 2009 . Most schools in metropolitan Manila have reopened after four typhoons caused massive flooding in September and October, but teachers and students in the flood zone are still in urgent of school supplies. The typhoons that hit the Philippines caused flooding in more than 80 per cent of [...]
Temporais deixaram oito mortos no estado. Mais de 20 mil pessoas tiveram que sair de casa. . Do G1, em São Paulo . Subiu para 66 o número de municípios em situação de emergência no Rio Grande do Sul por causa das chuvas, conforme um boletim divulgado pela Defesa Civil nesta quinta-feira (26). Os temporais [...]
A solid concrete bridge ends midstream, as if sawn in two. Cars lie twisted and half-buried in the mud. White-capped waves appear in the torrent of water that sweeps past a gas station. The scenes from the floods and landslides that struck El Salvador last weekend reflect a storm of almost unbelievable intensity. . “In San [...]
