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Displaying 5 of about 5 resultsThis post-disaster needs assessment provides estimates of the damages and losses, and the costs for reconstruction and recovery following the 2009 floods in Burkina Faso.
The assessment concluded that the floods caused the following negative impacts on the areas affected: the human toll was 119,356 victims, 46 deaths, 63 injured, and 1 person not…
On September 29, 2009, coming from Vietnam, Typhoon Ketsana crossed the southern part of the Lao PDR before moving into Cambodia.
While sweeping through five southern provinces, the typhoon caused incredible damage and loss, affecting more than 180,000 people, or almost 30,000 households. We also deplore 28 storm-related deaths. The suffering, damage a…
Oxfam briefing note:
This note calls on the Government of Bangladesh and the international community to scale up recovery and rehabilitation efforts to meet the cyclone survivors’ urgent need for housing and livelihoods, further to cyclone Sidr.
Based on dozens of interviews and focus group discussions, the note is intended to stimulate a broader deba…
An earthquake struck the eastern region of Bhutan on September 21, 2009 at 14h53 local time. It is the most damaging disaster that Bhutan has experienced in recent times. According to the US Geological Survey, the quake registered a magnitude of 6.3 (later revised to 6.1), with the epicenter 180 kilometers east of the capital, Thimphu. According to upda…
Urban floods in the southwestern neighborhoodsof Bangui on June 14-15 and July 3-4, 2009 left 14,500 people homeless. Over 40 percent of victims were under 14 years old, and 57 percent were female. At least two people died, while many other lives were exposed to the increased threats of malaria, diarrhea, and other water-borne diseases. The 2009 floods…