The report investigates the broad concept of the economics of drought management, provides a conceptual, two-tier framework for the assessment of proactive and reactive actions, and disseminates case studies
More than 350 people have been killed in Burma by a powerful cyclone that knocked out power in the impoverished country's commercial capital and destroyed thousands of homes, state-run media said today. Military-run Myaddy television station said five regions have been declared disaster zones following yesterday's storm, which packed winds of up to 190 km/h. It said at least 351 people were killed by Tropical Cyclone Nargis, including 109 who lived on Haing Gyi island off the country's south-west coast. Many of the others died in the low-lying Irrawaddy delta.
Over three years after the tsunami nearly flattened parts of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, rehabilitation work is still on. Its progress seems slower than in other parts of the country. A scene from the picturesque Bamboo Flat permanent tenements is representative of the work in the entire archipelago. Completed houses, papered with expensive bamboo patterns, stand beside blocks of cement sticking out of wet mud
Powerful storms swept across a number of places of the country including Dhaka, Mymensingh, Rangpur, Sherpur, Jamalpur and Gaibandha on Thurday and Friday evening killing five people and causing damage to dwellings and standing crops. In the capital, rickshaw-puller Almas (40) died after a tree fell on him during the nor'wester on Friday evening in the Tejgaon industrial area. Almas, a resident of Tejgaon slums died after being taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Quite often we refer to certain countries in Southeast Asia as 'emerging tigers'. Their economies and their progressive economic development are analysed and extolled for their performance. Such an approach also draws our attention not only to the manner in which such countries identified the weaknesses within their development paradigm but also how such measures to overcome challenges subsequently facilitated foreign direct investment.
Some 1,500 people were evacuated late Friday as the Chaiten volcano in southern Chile erupted, hurling hot rocks and belching clouds of ash into the sky. The thick clouds of ash that covered the region also spread to towns in the southern Argentine province of Chubut, where authorities closed schools and issued warnings due to low visibility on some roads. Yet despite the fireworks at the volcano, located some 1,300 kilometers (808 miles) south of Santiago, there were no reports of casualties or damage, Chile's Office of National Emergencies reported.
The number of people affected by floods and landslides over the past few days has topped the 65,000 mark with 26,797 affected in Gampaha alone, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said yesterday. According to the DMC 67,498 people have been affected by the floods and landslides as of yesterday with 17,180 affected in Ratnapura, 2,969 affected in Kalutara, 26,797 in Gampaha, 15,664 in Colombo, 255 in Puttalam, 4,425 in Kegalle and 208 in Nuwar Eliya. There have been eight deaths reported so far and one person missing while 1,350 people have been housed in IDP camps.
After a monster tornado devastated Greensburg, Kan., one year ago this Sunday, the city faced tragedy and the daunting task of rebuilding from scratch. It also got an opportunity, Mayor John Janssen says. This rural county seat 109 miles west of Wichita has made "green" its rebuilding mantra, declaring itself a national model for environmentally conscious living
A river swollen by heavy rain and melting snow overflowed its banks along the US-Canadian border, forcing hundreds of people to flee homes and businesses in Fort Kent, Maine, and closing two border crossings. The St. John River rose 30 feet (9 metres) and spilled into the town leaving stores and homes on Main Street under seven to eight feet (2.1-2.4 metres) of water, said John Bannen, Fort Kent's director of Community Development. Police and Border Patrol blocked off downtown Fort Kent on Thursday morning.
