[DIPECHO Network] Disaster updates

Wed Aug 29 05:30:45 CDT 2007

Dear disaster risk reduction practitioners,

Please find below some recent news on disasters from South Asia.

Please click on the title to read the news in detail

<http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=19&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=341d817474f0422661f3ed2be81e5930>South 
Asia Floods Death Toll Near 3,200

Publish Date : 2007-Aug-27
Author : Relief Web

NEW DELHI, Aug 27, 2007 (AFP) - The death toll from floods triggered by 
heavy monsoon rains and snow melt in South Asia since June approached 3,200 
Monday as some rivers in India continued to overflow, the government said.

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<http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=19&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=d1c04754e6303e0adcaab7e65b41fe67>Over 
2,200 Dead in India: India Partners Continues Flood Relief

Publish Date : 2007-Aug-28
Author : Relief Web

Eugene, OR  Tuesday, August 28, 2007. According to the Government of 
India, 2,217 people have lost their lives in India to the southwest monsoon 
since June. And with heavy rainfall predicted for the rest of this week, 
the number is expected to rise.

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<http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=19&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=1856f310d798dede023b0acf22a01f2f>Flood 
Death toll in Bangladesh Rises to 728

Publish Date : 2007-Aug-28
Author : China View China

DHAKA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from flood-related incidents like 
drowning, waterborne diseases and snakebites in Bangladesh rose to 728 till 
Tuesday morning, official sources said.

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<http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=19&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=47a96f016424051e44a6e4b1c592ce57>China 
Puts Summer Flood Death Toll at 1,138

Publish Date : 2007-Aug-28
Author : Reuters UK

BEIJING, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Stronger relief efforts helped limit damage and 
loss of life from droughts and flooding in China this summer, but floods 
still killed more than 1,100 people, officials said on Tuesday.

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<http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=19&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=878fc0e9d8b124e0df3beb0de60010d2>Flood 
Death Toll Reaches 146 in Nepal

Publish Date : Thursday, 2007-Aug-23
Author : China View China

  KATHMANDU, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in the monsoon floods and 
landslides that began from July 10 has been put at 146 by Nepal Red Cross 
Society (NRCS), local newspaper The Rising Nepal reported Thursday.

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<http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=19&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=d3f5e25eaac5634da8737c3d41e7d924>Needs 
Still Great as Floods Continue in South Asia

Publish Date : 2007-Aug-23
Author : Reuters AlertNet

More than half of Bangladesh and parts of India are still under water after 
a month of heavy monsoon flooding. Caritas fears the situation will worsen 
as heavy rains continue to fall across much of South Asia.

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<http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=19&keyword=&Start=10&link_id=9ea1ecc4f97aa710b8c7f7a772cab2e5>Flood 
Victims in South Asia Face Economic Devastation and Threat of Waterborne 
Diseases

Publish Date : 2007-Aug-20
Author : Relief Web

Weeks of continuous monsoon rains and severe flooding have wreaked havoc 
across South Asia, including Bangladesh, Nepal, India, and Pakistan. 
According to the UN OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific, over 40 million 
people have been affected. Flood waters have submerged entire villages, 
devastated over a million acres of agricultural crops, and left people 
stranded on river embankments and rooftops. There is a severe shortage of 
food, drinking water, and shelter, and outbreaks of waterborne diseases 
pose a significant public health threat. Concern Worldwide provided 
immediate disaster relief in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, and is 
currently scaling up its response in all three countries. Concern has 
launched an emergency appeal to meet the urgent and ongoing survival needs 
of flood victims in the affected areas.

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