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22 December 2011 - 3:19pmAid agencies appealed today for US$28.6 million to help nearly half a million people struggling to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Washi in the southern Filipino island of Mindanao. “The first priority is to help those who are displaced as a result of the floods. People... -
20 December 2011 - 12:14pmPakistan has endured a series of unprecedented disasters over recent years, from the 2005 earthquake to devastating floods in 2010. Monsoon rains in 2011 caused widespread flooding yet again, affecting more than 5 million people and compounding the struggle faced by people still rebuilding after last year... -
23 November 2011 - 1:14pmNearly 700,000 people still urgently need humanitarian relief, protection and livelihood support in the southern Filipino island of Mindanao, the UN said today. The warning came as UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg concluded a five-day visit to the Philippines,... -
1 November 2011 - 3:53pmMariam Usman has just rebuilt her home on wooden stilts, and the memory of the floods that swallowed her village in June is still fresh. “I always fear that the floods will sweep my children away,” says Ms Usman. A 36-year-old mother of six, she has good reason to be anxious. The small... -
20 October 2011 - 5:33pmThe worst floods in a more than a decade have devastated large areas of Cambodia, causing 247 deaths, displacing 46,000 households and disrupting the lives of 1.2 million people. The crisis is part of a region-wide emergency, in which seasonal rains and back-to-back typhoons have caused flooding across SE...
