Overall Orange Flood alert in Nepal from 12 Aug 2014 00:00 UTC to 08 Sep 2014 23:59 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Flood

in Nepal

Event summary

Flood can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	FL 4170
Death:	180
Displaced:	17000
Countries:	Nepal
From - To	12 Aug - 08 Sep

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Latest media headlines

Earthquake resistant water tank constructed 9/11/2014 8:55:00 AM.

Three earthquake resistant drinking water tanks were constructed in different places of Kirtipur as disaster preparedness measures. Two of three the tanks were constructed on the premises of Tribhuvan University and Nepal Agriculture Resear

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Heifer Int'l Nepal provides Rs 1.5 million to flood-landslide victims 8/27/2014 9:20:00 AM.

Heifer International Nepal provided Rs 1.5 million as relief to landslide and floods victims at Gularia in Bardiya, Tuesday. Programme Director of the organisation, Dr Thir Bahadur Regmi, handed over the cheque to landslide and flood victim

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Bangladesh: Fifth Annual Disaster Response Exercise & Exchange Kicks O.. 8/21/2014 10:07:00 AM.

Source: Government of the United States of America Country: Bangladesh By Ms. Angela Kershner USARPAC DHAKA, Bangladesh, August 20, 2014 — Over 150 civil and military authorities convened at the Lakeshore Hotel in Dhaka Monday to kick off t

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Flood recedes, now erosion threat on embankments 8/20/2014 11:12:00 PM.

Even as floodwaters have begun to recede considerably in the villages embedded between the embankments on river Kosi, the problem of erosion looms large.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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