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Displaying 15 of about 64 resultsBetween March 12 and 14, 2015, Tropical Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu as an extremely destructive Category 5 cyclone. Eleven fatalities were subsequently confirmed in Tafea and Shefa Provinces. An estimated 65,000 people were displaced from their homes. Approximately 17,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed, including houses, schools, clinics, and other…
The document describes livelihood recovery initiatives in response to Typhoon Bopha, a Category 5 super typhoon that hit the Philippines on 4 December 2012. It describes in detail the processes and practices employed, the immediate results of the interventions, and the experiences and learning of the ILO project team and its local partners in the implem…
This case study was conducted in 2014 to document the lessons learned from the housing recovery operation carried out in the wake of Cyclone Sidr that hit Bangladesh in 2007. The cyclone, which caused damage to over a million houses, prompted arguably the largest ever housing recovery in the country’s disaster history. In a first, housing was considered…
This paper is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management initiatives. It presents the analytical support provided by the World Bank in close collaboration with the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) on the basis of the Government-led Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) following the…
The Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean & Aruba (NECA) in the Church in the Province of the West Indies is looking to tap into effective strategies in disaster risk reduction and management as part of the response to Tropical Storm Erika on the island of Dominica.
In a phone call with the Anglican Alliance on 5 November, Bishop Leroy Brooks noted th…
By John Kimbrough
It only takes one bad storm to kill or injure thousands, inflict billions of dollars in damage, and wreak havoc on communities in its path. As part of Hurricane Preparedness Week, USAID joins other response organizations in raising public awareness and preparedness efforts for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season.
While this nation…
Vanuatu - Following devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Pam on 13 March 2015, IOM undertook an assessment of the Vanuatu Customs and Inland Revenue (CIR) and the Vanuatu Immigration Service (VIS) to determine the extent of damage to operational capabilities and to propose reconstruction activities to reinstate them to pre-cyclone level.
Due to subst…
By Alisa Tang
Bangkok - Families hit by Nepal's recent earthquakes risk losing their babies to hunger and disease over the next year unless they receive long-term help to boost their incomes and rebuild their homes, experts said.
United Nations food security expert Jeffrey Marzilli said he feared a huge toll of "deaths from economic deprivation"…
42 million headless coconut trees
In the Philippines, coconut trees are nicknamed "The Tree of Life". Indeed, coconut trees are not just images from pretty postcards. You can get nearly everything out of a coconut tree, from diverse sorts of food to solid furniture, oil, medicine, paper and even clothing. 25 million Filipinos are directly or indirectly…
Ponnagyun, Myanmar – More than one month on from the collapse of their home in Myanmar's western Rakhine State, Ma Nge and her 10-year-old son remain homeless. The strong winds created by Cyclone Komen had felled a nearby palm tree, causing it to fall directly onto the frail, thatched structure.
Standing in front of the fragments of their former home,…
World Bank Board approves US$3 million grant for long-term recovery efforts
Washington D.C. — Six months after Cyclone Pam hit the Pacific, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved an additional US$3 million grant to support Tuvalu’s medium-term recovery efforts.
Almost half of Tuvalu’s 10,000 people were affected by the category 5…
Manila - The United Nations on Friday urged the Philippines to speed up completion of housing for thousands of people made homeless by super typhoon Haiyan nearly two years ago.
Haiyan, the strongest-ever storm to make landfall in the Philippines, killed more than 6,300 people and displaced 4.1 million in 2013.
"Many families remain housed in collecti…
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, May 15, 2015 – The United Nations has unveiled a multimedia application that showcases the work done to help Santiago de Cuba to recover from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which lashed the island’s second-largest province in October 2012.
Learning and sharing lessons is the key to good disaster risk reduction and to strengtheni…
Manila - Powerful Typhoon Noul swept through the far northern Philippines on Monday, killing two people, but officials and aid agencies said a greater impact had been averted because people had learnt to heed warnings in the wake of the Haiyan disaster.
Bringing sustained winds of up to 160 kilometers per hour and gusts up to 195 kph, there had been fe…
With global leaders gathered in Sendai, Japan, to agree a new framework for managing disaster risk which will reduce mortality and curb economic losses, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today declared that responding to the world's growing needs requires empowering individuals, supporting communities and backing promises with resources.
“True resilience c…