Sunset is a mixed blessing for nearly 25,000 displaced people who live in Bariga settlement in Bossaso, northern Somalia. The night brings relief from the day’s sweltering heat, when temperatures can reach 48 degrees. But darkness also brings its share of uncertainties, especially among households headed by women whose...
Last year, OCHA ranked Myanmar as the most at-risk Asia-Pacific country. It is vulnerable to devastating natural disasters, poverty and conflicts. Despite being a resource-rich country with a strong agricultural base, its population of over 50 million people are among the poorest in the world. Years of conflict and unresolved...
In late June, 108 people were killed and more than 60,000 people were displaced in south-eastern Bangladesh following a series of landslides and flash floods caused by three consecutive days of torrential monsoon rains. Large parts of the port city of Chittagong, including Cox's Bazaar and Bandarban, were completely...
Indonesia is sometimes referred to as nature’s laboratory for natural disasters. Frequent earthquakes, tsunamis, forest fires, floods, whirlwinds and drought ensure that the country is regularly in the top five of the global list of countries most affected by disasters.
When a devastating 7.6-magnitude earthquake...
OCHA and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a new animation video highlighting the urgent need to invest more in preparing for and preventing natural disasters, which have claimed more than 1 million lives since 2000.
The video, Act Now, Save Later, is funded by OCHA and UNDP and produced by...
1 August 2012 - 11:37amSunset is a mixed blessing for nearly 25,000 displaced people who live in Bariga settlement in Bossaso, northern Somalia. The night brings relief from the day’s sweltering heat, when temperatures can reach 48 degrees. But darkness also brings its share of uncertainties, especially among households headed by women whose...
27 July 2012 - 11:12amLast year, OCHA ranked Myanmar as the most at-risk Asia-Pacific country. It is vulnerable to devastating natural disasters, poverty and conflicts. Despite being a resource-rich country with a strong agricultural base, its population of over 50 million people are among the poorest in the world. Years of conflict and unresolved...
24 July 2012 - 11:28amIn late June, 108 people were killed and more than 60,000 people were displaced in south-eastern Bangladesh following a series of landslides and flash floods caused by three consecutive days of torrential monsoon rains. Large parts of the port city of Chittagong, including Cox's Bazaar and Bandarban, were completely...
13 July 2012 - 3:26pmIndonesia is sometimes referred to as nature’s laboratory for natural disasters. Frequent earthquakes, tsunamis, forest fires, floods, whirlwinds and drought ensure that the country is regularly in the top five of the global list of countries most affected by disasters. When a devastating 7.6-magnitude earthquake...
2 July 2012 - 4:36pmOCHA and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a new animation video highlighting the urgent need to invest more in preparing for and preventing natural disasters, which have claimed more than 1 million lives since 2000. The video, Act Now, Save Later, is funded by OCHA and UNDP and produced by...