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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://reliefweb.int/map/philippines/asia-pacific-region-1-7-january-2013-natural-disasters-and-other-events-being Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Malaysia, Philippines (the), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand Philippines - TC Bopha (Pablo) struck the southern Philippines about 5 weeks ago. On 3 Jan, the death toll stands at 1,067 with a further 848 people reported missing. Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:34:00 +0100 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-13a3a0e010fcdb939b7a72bb8f545137 UNbodies NaturalDisasters Echo 7.6146933422071 80.7048965436912 14.6096 121.006 23.7099 90.4071 3.15021 101.708 -13.6154146863405 -172.443074887285 -18.1426 178.431 -9.62239171888818 160.15841165124 13.7308 100.521 28.5687 77.2168 20130107123400 http://reliefweb.int/report/sri-lanka/between-drought-and-floods-%E2%80%93-year-extremes-sri-lanka Source: Inter Press Service Country: Sri Lanka By Amantha Perera UDAWALAWE, Sri Lanka, Dec 30 2012 (IPS) - Wild elephants are usually the primary attraction in the remote shrub jungles of Udawalawe, about 180 kilometres southeast of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo. Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:55:00 +0100 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-aa110d818e72560f802408b1ec4811a3 NaturalDisasters FoodSecurityFoodAid ClimateChange Echo Environment 7.6146933422071 80.7048965436912 20121231065500 http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/12/between-drought-and-floods-a-year-of-extremes-in-sri-lanka/ Wild elephants are usually the primary attraction in the remote shrub jungles of Udawalawe, about 180 kilometres southeast of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo. But this Christmas season, the massive Udawalawe dam stole the limelight from the lumbering beasts. Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:42:00 +0100 ipsnews en ipsnews-4c46c7286ca61f9205bd02cfea3f256b NaturalDisasters FoodSecurityFoodAid ClimateChange Echo Environment 7.6146933422071 80.7048965436912 20121230154200 http://reliefweb.int/report/sri-lanka/back-back-disasters-compound-north%E2%80%99s-difficulties Source: IRIN Country: Sri Lanka UDAWALAVE, 28 December 2012 (IRIN) - Floods in the past two months following a long drought have left Sri Lanka’s Northern and Eastern provinces reeling, with tens of thousands of people displaced, thousands of houses damaged or destroyed, and stretches of agricultural land devastated. Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:29:00 +0100 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-cf78ba6ad193bb82f24caf556c728f33 NaturalDisasters FoodSecurityFoodAid 7.6146933422071 80.7048965436912 19.0 30.0 20121228182900 http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20121227-391882.html MANILA - The Philippines is among Asian countries worst hit by disasters this year, according to a report of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). In a report released in Bangkok this month, the UNISDR said the Philippines had the second most number of disasters in the first 10 months.... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 05:58:00 +0100 AsiaOne en AsiaOne-42ca0a155733053b5ce2c08750cd9ca6 CivilProtection NaturalDisasters UNbodies 14.6096 121.006 20121227055800 http://www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=40695 The Philippines is among Asian countries worst hit by disasters this year, according to a report of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). In a report released in Bangkok this month, the ..... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 03:09:00 +0100 asianewsnet en asianewsnet-aebf34b6f179167d76592aa195578bac CivilProtection NaturalDisasters UNbodies 14.6096 121.006 20121227030900 http://reliefweb.int/report/world/asias-2012-figures-and-trends Source: IRIN Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines (the), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam, World BANGKOK, 11 December 2012 (IRIN) - The good news: fewer people died from natural disasters in Asia in 2012 than in previous years. Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:38:00 +0100 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-057cd525c9cf2a64b9392426a1132d4e EuropeAid UNbodies NaturalDisasters CivilProtection 14.6096 121.006 7.6146933422071 80.7048965436912 34.5309 69.136757 23.7099 90.4071 3.15021 101.708 33.718151 73.060547 -6.18287 106.829 35.7745 51.4477 28.5687 77.2168 35.2086 110.727 13.7703017743177 100.626440699347 20121211203800 http://www.IRINnews.org/Report/97021/DISASTERS-Asia-s-2012-figures-and-trends BANGKOK, 11 December 2012 (IRIN) - The good news: fewer people died from natural disasters in Asia in 2012 than in previous years. The bad news: between January and October, natural disasters still claimed more lives here than anywhere else in the world - and experts predict the trend will continue.... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:12:00 +0100 irinnews en irinnews-5854c1257d26186861211e140609b266 UNbodies NaturalDisasters CivilProtection 13.7703017743177 100.626440699347 20121211161200 http://reliefweb.int/report/world/floods-deaths-down-economic-losses-significant Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Country: Bangladesh, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the), India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Pakistan, Philippines (the), World 2012 Asian Disaster Figures * BANGKOK, 11.... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:35:00 +0100 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-facc9b07b50909789444cd34eaee589d CivilProtection UNbodies NaturalDisasters 14.6096 121.006 23.7099 90.4071 33.718151 73.060547 35.7745 51.4477 28.5687 77.2168 35.2086 110.727 37.5424 126.935 13.7703017743177 100.626440699347 20121211143500 http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/186958421.html In the wake of Haiti's devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake exactly three years ago, former U.S. President Bill Clinton issued an unusual and now infamous apology. Calling his subsidies to American rice farmers in the 1990s a mistake because it undercut rice production in Haiti, Clinton said he had.... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:32:00 +0100 antiguanews en antiguanews-975b2c2f858fbd8a85f25055a44f4371 EuropeAid PeaceKeeping RuralDevelopment Echo NaturalDisasters FoodSecurityFoodAid Environment UNbodies 18.54299 -72.343102 20130115223200