Mali: Mali presidential run-off to turn page on months of unrest
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Mali08/09/2013 02:12 GMTby Stephane BarbierBAMAKO, August 9, 2013 (AFP) - Two veterans of Malian politics face off Sunday in the second round of a presidential...
View ArticleBarbados: Barbados: 2012 Mid-year Report - MAABB001
Source: IFRCCountry: BarbadosThis report covers the period 01 January 2012 to 30 June 2012OverviewThe IFRC`s Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Resource Centre (CADRIM) located in the building of the...
View ArticleMyanmar: U.S. Embassy Sends Eight Religious and Civil Society Leaders on...
Source: US Department of StateCountry: MyanmarYangon – On August 8, U.S. Ambassador Derek Mitchell met with a group of religious and civil society leaders selected to participate in a three-week...
View ArticleIndia: Description of Disaster Relief Operation (Government of Uttarakhand),...
Source: Government of IndiaCountry: IndiaNote :1- All the above mentioned information has been collected from concerning Departments, State Emergency Operational Centre and all concerned District...
View ArticleChina: China allocates cash for artificial rain
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaBEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- China has allocated 199 million yuan (32.1 million U.S. dollars) from the central budget to create artificial rain in an effort to ease drought,...
View ArticleChina: China kicks off emergency response to drought
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaBEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- China's National Commission for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) kicked off a level-four emergency response to severe...
View ArticleChina: Heavy hail storms lash NE China
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaBEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- While a heatwave scorches southern parts of China and drought shows no sign of easing in some provinces, severe hailstorms have lashed the...
View ArticleChina: Central China to see extreme heat
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaWUHAN, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Extremely hot weather is expected to hit central China's Hubei Province Thursday, local meteorological authorities said.The meteorological...
View ArticleIndia: BJP team to meet governor to get state declared drought-hit
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Aug 6, 2013, 03.25 AM ISTPATNA: A BJP delegation would meet governor D Y Patil soon to seek his intervention in providing relief to the drought-hit people of...
View ArticleIndia: State inches towards drought-like situation
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaJaideep Deogharia, TNN | Aug 6, 2013, 12.31 AM ISTRANCHI: It seems rain god has turned a blind eye to Jharkhand, which is inching towards a drought-like situation...
View ArticleIndia: JVM(P) joins public stir demanding drought-hit status for Palamu district
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaDALTONGANJ: Palamu has seen a string of demonstrations for declaration of drought in the district in the wake of deficient rain this monsoon. The district has...
View ArticlePakistan: Miserable Eid for divided Kashmir families
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: India, Pakistan08/09/2013 03:48 GMTby Sajjad QayyumMUZAFFARABAD, August 9, 2013 (AFP) - For thousands of Kashmiri families divided by one of the most heavily...
View ArticleNicaragua: Nicaragua Emergencia: Inundaciones RAAN y RAAS Reporte de...
Source: UN Country Team in NicaraguaCountry: NicaraguaDestacadosLos Comités Municipales de Prevención, Mitigación y atención a Desastres (COMUPRED) realizan EDAN en la RAAN y RAASLlega ayuda de PMA a...
View ArticleChad: Drainage Network and Infrastructure, Fongoro District, Sila Region,...
Source: UNOSATCountry: Chad, SudanThis map illustrates the drainage network, populated places, and roads in and around Abgadam and Armawaha refugee camp sites in Fongoro District, Sila Region, Chad....
View ArticleChad: Zones inondées de 1999 jusqu'à Juin 2013, Région de Sila, District de...
Source: UNOSATCountry: ChadCette carte illustre les petits point d'eau temporaires et autre zones humides détectés tous les dix jours entre 1999 et Juin 2013 par le satellite SPOT. Chaque pixel indique...
View ArticleChad: Réseau de drainage et infrastructures, District de Fongoro, Région de...
Source: UNOSATCountry: Chad, SudanCette carte illustre le système de drainage, les places peuplées et les routes autour des régions d'Abgadam et Armawaha, dans le district de Fongoro, region de Sila,...
View ArticleChad: Vegetation Cover in Fongoro District, Sila Region, Chad (as of 8 Aug 2013)
Source: UNOSATCountry: ChadThis map illustrates land cover in Fongoro District, Sila Region, Chad and is based on satellite imagery acquired by the SPOT 5 satellite on multiple dates in 2012. Ten...
View ArticleChad: Vegetation Cover, Abgadam and Armawaha Area, Fongoro District, Sila...
Source: UNOSATCountry: ChadThis map illustrates land cover in Fongoro District, Sila Region, Chad and is based on satellite imagery acquired by the SPOT 5 satellite on multiple dates in 2012. Ten...
View ArticleParaguay: Los indígenas mbya guaraní de Paraguay promueven su seguridad...
Source: Food and Agriculture OrganizationCountry: Paraguay09/08/2013 -La población indígena en Paraguay representa cerca del 2% de la población total del país y se organiza en 20 pueblos provenientes...
View ArticleChad: Inundated Areas from 1999 to June 2013, Sila Region, Fongoro District,...
Source: UNOSATCountry: ChadThis map illustrates satellite-detected small temporary water bodies, wetlands and other humid areas as measured every 10 days between 1999 and June 2013 by SPOT satellites....
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