China: Asian floods claim more than 1,000 lives
Source: Australian Broadcasting CorporationCountry: China, Philippines, Republic of KoreaThe combined death tolls from floods in east and South-East Asia, including China, have now passed 1,000, with...
View ArticlePhilippines: More Bodies Found In Manila Landslide Tragedy
Source: Reuters - Thomson Reuters FoundationCountry: PhilippinesBy Charie Villa MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine soldiers and rescue workers scoured the ruins of a collapsed housing estate in Manila for...
View ArticleChina: Relief agencies scramble to help rain-soaked Asia
Source: Christian Science MonitorCountry: China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Viet NamThe annual monsoons - from Korea to Bangladesh - have driven millions of...
View ArticlePhilippines: Floods Still Rising in Northern Philippines
Source: XinhuaCountry: PhilippinesMANILA (Aug. 7) XINHUA - Flood waters continued rising as of late Saturday morning in many towns in Central Luzon, the Northern Philippines, despite improved weather...
View ArticlePhilippines: Developer blamed for Philippine housing tragedy
Source: Australian Broadcasting CorporationCountry: PhilippinesA Philippines presidential committee said a Japanese-Filipino developer ignored danger signs which led to a landslide that killed more...
View ArticlePhilippines: Philippine floods death toll up to 150
Source: Deutsche Presse AgenturCountry: PhilippinesManila (dpa) - Rescuers said Tuesday chances of finding more survivors from a collapsed residential subdivision east of Manila were already ''very...
View ArticlePhilippines: Philippines - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 2
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: PhilippinesRef: OCHA/GVA 99/0108 Philippines - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 2 11 August 1999 General situation 1. On 8 August...
View ArticleChina: East Asia floods
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: China, Philippines, Republic of KoreaSITUATION: Heavy monsoon rains have devastated large sections of East Asia this summer, causing more than 800 deaths and...
View ArticlePhilippines: Southeast Asia: Floods - Information Bulletin n° 2
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, Viet NamThe Disaster Continuous monsoon rains since late July 1999, which...
View ArticleSudan: IFRC Weekly News 12 Aug 1999
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: Sudan, Nicaragua, Philippines, Bangladesh, CambodiaFlood alarm in Sudan Severe flooding in Sudan, caused by unusually...
View ArticleBangladesh: ACT Alert: Africa, Asia & Europe No 2/99 - Widespread Inundations
Source: Action by Churches Together InternationalCountry: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Hungary, PhilippinesGeneva, 16 August 1999 Over the past few weeks, ACT...
View ArticlePhilippines: ACT Appeal: Philippines Flood Relief ASPH91
Source: Action by Churches Together InternationalCountry: PhilippinesAppeal Target: US$ 79,555 Geneva, 20 August 1999 Dear Friends, A wide swathe of devastating rains swept across Asia at the end of...
View ArticleCambodia: Humanitarian aid for Asia flood victims / newsflash
Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid OperationsCountry: Cambodia, China, Philippines, Viet NamIP/99/675 Brussels, 14 September 1999 - The...
View ArticleChina: Inondations en Asie : aide humanitaire / nouvelles en bref
Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid OperationsCountry: China, Philippines, Cambodia, Viet NamBruxelles, le 14 septembre 1999 La...
View ArticlePhilippines: FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/99 - Philippines
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsCountry: PhilippinesHeavy rains in late October, affected the maturing (main) rice crop somewhat. Main rice is mainly planted around...
View ArticleAfghanistan: OXFAM Emergencies Bulletin Dec 1999 Asia
Source: OxfamCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Timor-Leste, Viet NamAfghanistan Afghanistan has suffered appallingly through 19 years of civil war and...
View ArticlePhilippines: Philippines - Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 1
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: PhilippinesRef: GVA/99/0252 Philippines Earthquake OCHA Situation report No. 1 12 December 1999 1. A strong earthquake hit Luzon,...
View ArticlePhilippines: Philippines - Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 2
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: PhilippinesRef. OCHA/GVA - 99/0253 Date: 13 December 1999 Philippines - Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 2 13 December 1999...
View ArticlePhilippines: Earthquake drills minimize casualties in Philippine tremor
Source: Deutsche Presse AgenturCountry: PhilippinesManila (dpa) - Philippine Defence Secretary Orlando Mercado said Monday the government's disaster preparedness programme helped minimize casualties in...
View ArticlePhilippines: Second earthquake hits the Philippines
Source: Deutsche Presse AgenturCountry: PhilippinesManila (dpa) - An earthquake measuring 5.1 points on the Richter Scale shook the central Philippines, days after northern provinces were jolted by a...
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