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Displaying 17 of about 17 resultsThe report presents a comprehensive post disaster needs assessment exercise, launched simultaneously with response and relief efforts at the request of the Government of Nepal, with the objective to estimate damages and losses caused by the earthquake and to help identify recovery needs as well as strategy required for its implementation. The assessment…
Tropical Storm 03B hit Yemen on October 24, 2008. The storm led to severe rain and flooding over the eastern Governorates of Yemen—Hadramout and Al-Mahara—for about 30 hours, resulting in total rainfall of almost 91 mm (versus 5-6 mm in normal periods). As of October 31, 2008, 73 persons were reported to have lost their lives as a result of the floods,…