Madagascar: Madagascar: Cyclone Chedza Emergency Plan of Action - DREF n° MDRMG011 Operation Update n° 1

Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:34:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

A. Situation analysis. Description of the disaster. From 5 January 2015, pressure from Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) caused continuous rainfall, leading to flooding across Madagascar, with the capital city of Antananarivo among the areas that have been worst affected.

Africa: Helen Clark - Speech On the Working Session On Reducing Disaster Risk to Alleviate Poverty

Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:51:00 +0100allafrica (en)

document. The relationship between poverty and disaster risk is clear: poverty creates and exacerbates the vulnerabilities which turn hazards into disasters. In turn, the impact of disasters exacerbates poverty. Most disasters occur in poor countries and the people who suffer the most are usually the poorest.

Helen Clark: Speech On the Working session on Reducing Disaster Risk to Alleviate Poverty at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

Mon, 16 Mar 2015 01:13:00 +0100un-az (en)

15 Mar 2015 The relationship between poverty and disaster risk is clear: poverty creates and exacerbates the vulnerabilities which turn hazards into disasters. In turn, the impact of disasters exacerbates poverty. Most disasters occur in poor countries and the people who suffer the most are usually the poorest.

HESCO Flood Barriers Tested to the Limit

Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:24:00 +0100finanznachrichten-en (en)

LEEDS, England March 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- HESCO barriers are used to taking an onslaught from flash floods; storms surge; hurricane winds and ice filled waters, however the newest addition to the HESCO environmental portfolio faced a new challenge this week at Tees Barrage, UK.

World: The human cost of natural disasters 2015: a global perspective

Tue, 10 Mar 2015 15:58:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

Between 1994 and 2013, EM-DAT recorded 6,873 natural disasters worldwide, which claimed 1.35 million lives or almost 68,000 lives on average each year. In addition, 218 million people were affected by natural disasters on average per annum during this 20-year period.