Pós-desastres e pós-conflitos

Istanbul Earthquake Reconstruction Feared Unsafe

Published in Tuesday August 21st, 2012 In In the media

August 20, 2012 Istanbul’s 15 million people are facing an 80 percent chance of a major earthquake in the next 30 years.  In preparation for the predicted quake, the government and local authorities have started to rebuild more than one-third of Istanbul’s structures.  But, controversy surrounds the reconstruction policy and experts worry the preparations are […]

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In the US, evacuations ordered; Wash. residents go home

Published in Monday August 20th, 2012 In In the media

August 19, 2012 Thunderstorms and lightning threatened fire officials’ plans to contain a large blaze in central Washington state as hundreds of Washington and California residents returned home to find out whether their homes were spared. In Idaho, authorities on Saturday issued a mandatory evacuation order for some 350 homes in the area around Featherville […]

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Landslides ‘kill more than previously thought’

Published in Friday August 17th, 2012 In In the media

August 16, 2012 Landslides kill up to 10 times more people across the world than previously thought, according to a study by a UK university. Durham University has calculated that 32,300 people died in landslides between 2004 and 2010. Earlier estimated suggested the toll was between 3,000 and 7,000 people. Weather patterns, deforestation and increasingly dense […]

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Iran’s top leader urges for reconstruction of quake-stricken region

Published in Thursday August 16th, 2012 In In the media

August 16, 2012 Iran’s top leader is urging the reconstruction of the northwestern region hit by deadly twin earthquakes last weekend. State TV showed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei visiting the ruins of a village on Thursday that was heavily damaged by the quakes. Khamenei told a gathering of village residents that the area could have […]

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Nigeria: Worst Flood in 50 Years Renders 1,000 Families Homeless

Published in Thursday August 16th, 2012 In In the media

August 15, 2012 Over 1,000 families across seven local government areas in Southern Plateau have been rendered homeless as the worst flood witnessed in 50 years raged through for a second day yesterday washing away homesteads, bridges, farmlands and livestock. The flood was unleashed by three days of torrential rains which fell throughout the weekend […]

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Nigeria: Scores Missing, 28 Killed As Floods Ravage Plateau Again

Published in Tuesday August 14th, 2012 In In the media

August 13, 2012 No fewer than 28 persons have been killed, while scores of others are still missing in a renewed flood rage in nearly all the villages of the southern zone of Plateau State at the weekend. More corpses are still been picked in villages around the affected areas. Also about a hundred communities […]

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Sudan: Torrential Rains in Central Darfur Cause Collapse of More Than 300 Homes

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In In the media

August 12, 2012 Major General Mohammad Hassan Ali Bayrak, commisioner of Nertity in Central Darfur, stated that heavy rains in several cities in Central Darfur caused destruction of homes and led to the death of a number of people. The rains are ongoing for two days now. The heavy rains and floods caused more than […]

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Fire in Spain’s Canary Islands forces La Gomera exodus

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In In the media

August 13, 2012 Firefighters are battling a forest fire on La Gomera in Spain’s Canary Islands which forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people by ferry overnight. The worst affected area on La Gomera is Valle Gran Rey. Road access has been cut by the fire, which has spread with high winds and tinder-dry vegetation. […]

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Philippines struggles to help millions of flood victims

Published in Friday August 10th, 2012 In In the media

August 9, 2012 Flooding in the Philippines from monsoon rain has affected millions of people in Manila and throughout Luzon. The emergency services are struggling to cope with the massive numbers of people seeking disaster relief. Philippine authorities on Thursday made an appeal for help in containing the fallout from heavy monsoon rains, as the […]

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200,000 relocated in Shanghai as typhoon Haikui nears

Published in Wednesday August 8th, 2012 In In the media

August 7, 2012 China’s commercial hub of Shanghai was rushing to relocate people in order to avoid risks posed by the approaching severe typhoon Haikui, officials with the municipal flood control headquarters said Tuesday. It was estimated that over 200,000 people threatened by typhoon Haikui would be relocated before 9 p.m. Tuesday, said Zhang Zhenyu, […]

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