PRINT EMAIL Flocks of this size are a rare sight in drought-ridden northern Senegal (file photo) DAKAR, 10 February 2012 (IRIN) - While it is clear that Senegal was one of the eight Sahelian countries to be hit by poor rains in 2011, unlik...

PRINT EMAIL Cyclone Funso over the Mozambique Channel JOHANNESBURG, 25 January 2012 (IRIN) - Two tropical storms in quick succession in Mozambique in recent days have left at least 25 dead, tens of thousands affected by flooding, and commun...

PRINT EMAIL More than 1 million have already been trained MANILA, 24 January 2012 (IRIN) - The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) hopes to train 1.8 million volunteers as part of its nationwide community-disaster preparedness efforts.Dub...

PRINT EMAIL Photo: Masoud Popalzai/IRIN Heavy snow and avalanches often inflict human loss and property damages in winter in Afghanistan KABUL, 17 January 2012 (IRIN) - Avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan have cut off tens - if not hundre...

PRINT EMAIL Richall Retes, 10, a resident of the Kauswagan evacuation centre in Cagayan de Oro City, has just returned to school CAGAYAN DE ORO, 10 January 2012 (IRIN) - A decision to re-open schools in flood-hit northern Mindanao is being ...

PRINT EMAIL The Zambezi is prone to flooding annually JOHANNESBURG, 6 January 2012 (IRIN) - Several thousand Angolan returnees from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are stranded by floods in northeastern Angola. They are ...

PRINT EMAIL A young child asleep on discarded boxes at an evacuation centre in Cagayan de Oro MANILA, 28 December 2011 (IRIN) - Ten days after tropical storm Washi caused severe flooding on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, leavin...

PRINT EMAIL Inside a tent with Seng Myu and his family MAI JA YANG, 23 December 2011 (IRIN) - As the winter winds sweep across Myanmar's northern Kachin State, there is little to celebrate this Christmas for the estimated 45,000 civilians i...

PRINT EMAIL More than 80,000 flood-affected people need food aid, shelter, tents and non-food items, according to OCHA NAIROBI, 15 December 2011 (IRIN) - Rain-induced floods in several parts of Kenya have affected at least 105,000 people an...

PRINT EMAIL Slums like this one in Jakarta are vulnerable in expected flooding BANGKOK, 12 December 2011 (IRIN) - Indonesia’s disaster management officials warn severe flooding may hit the capital Jakarta this rainy season, as more than 2...

PRINT EMAIL Photo: Richard Lough/IRIN Over 40,000 people have been affected by flooding since the start of short rains in October (file photo) NAIROBI, 6 December 2011 (IRIN) - Heavy rains in Kenya have washed away bridges and rendered many ...

PRINT EMAIL Adri Verwey at Bang Sue canal water pumping station, November 2011 BANGKOK, 30 November 2011 (IRIN) - As 16 billion cubic metres of flood water bore down on Bangkok in early October, international experts flew in to help the gov...

PRINT EMAIL Photo: Mohamed Amin Jibril/IRIN Aid agencies in Mogdishu have started a project to resettle thousands of drought-displaced Somalis (file photo) NAIROBI, 29 November 2011 (IRIN) - Resettlement of tens of thousands of drought-displ...

PRINT EMAIL Photo: Vincent Macisaac/IRIN Soy Chet- orphaned and now out of school also PHNOM PENH, 24 November 2011 (IRIN) - Schools damaged in Cambodia's worst monsoons in more than a decade may take up to a year to recover after flooding d...

PRINT EMAIL Photo: Courtesy of the EM Research Organization Mud balls may be another option in cleaning up water BANGKOK, 17 November 2011 (IRIN) - Thousands of Thais - with noses pinched and fingers crossed - are tossing mud balls into feti...

PRINT EMAIL Photo: UNICEF Pakistan/2011/Warrick Page Flood survivors in Sindh province are still struggling SANGHAR, 10 November 2011 (IRIN) - Flood survivors across Pakistan’s Sindh province say they have received very little help, even a...

PRINT EMAIL Some reports have been quick to link floods in Thailand to climate change JOHANNESBURG, 9 November 2011 (IRIN) - This has been an eventful year for natural calamities - drought in the Horn of Africa, floods yet again in Pakistan...

PRINT EMAIL Photo: Peter Biro/The International Rescue Committee Burmese migrants caught in Thai floods BANGKOK, 8 November 2011 (IRIN) - While the Burmese government has re-opened a key border checkpoint between Thailand and Myanmar to acco...

PRINT EMAIL Racing to beat the deluge at gate to Siriraj Hospital BANGKOK, 1 November 2011 (IRIN) - Hospitals warn of possible drug shortages as prolonged flooding in Thailand has disrupted local production and delivery of medical supplies....

PRINT EMAIL Photo: UNICEF Pakistan/2011/Warrick Page A woman carrying her possessions through floodwaters in Hyderabad, Sindh province KARACHI, 26 October 2011 (IRIN) - Temperatures in the southern Pakistani province of Sindh’s Badin Distr...

PRINT EMAIL Photo: Philip Roeland/Flickr Residents brace for unknown BANGKOK, 27 October 2011 (IRIN) - The equivalent of 160,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools (400 million cubic metres of water) is set to run through Thailand's capital, which...

PRINT EMAIL Thousands of Thais are now in shelter PATHUM THANI, 20 October 2011 (IRIN) - The market in Ayutthaya where Arun Kaewan used to sell goods is now a river. The factory where her son used to work is a lake."We'll start our new live...

PRINT EMAIL Photo: Mohammad Reja/IRIN Flash floods in coastal areas of Kenya have led to several deaths (file photo) MOMBASA, 17 October 2011 (IRIN) - Flash floods in coastal areas of Kenya have claimed several lives, damaged schools and des...

PRINT EMAIL Further rains could spell trouble for Bangkok BANGKOK, 13 October 2011 (IRIN) - Aid workers in Thailand warn of possible water-borne disease outbreaks following weeks of heavy flooding.“Water-borne disease is always a risk in ...

PRINT EMAIL Photo: UNICEF Pakistan/2011/Warrick Page Some three million people in Pakistan need food assistance because of recent flooding, says the UN GENEVA, 13 October 2011 (IRIN) - Pakistan’s monsoon floods have devastated millions of ...

PRINT EMAIL Somaliland flag HARGEISA, 3 October 2011 (IRIN) - A humanitarian delegation from the Republic of Somaliland donated relief aid for 9,000 drought-displaced families in the Somalia capital, Mogadishu, during a visit on 30 Septembe...

PRINT EMAIL Photo: Jason Gutierrez/IRIN An average of 20 typhoons a year strike the Philippines MANILA, 28 September 2011 (IRIN) - Philippines authorities are warning of possible water-borne disease outbreaks following Typhoon Nesat, which f...

PRINT EMAIL Flash floods in northwestern Kenya have rendered roads impassable (file photo) EAST POKOT/TURKANA, 27 September 2011 (IRIN) - Flash floods in northwest Kenya are hampering the delivery of emergency relief aid to thousands of pas...

PRINT EMAIL WFP has expressed concern about rising food insecurity as fuel and commodity prices rise (file photo) JUBA, 27 September 2011 (IRIN) - UN agencies are warning that newly independent South Sudan will face chronic food shortages n...

PRINT EMAIL Photo: Abdul Majeed Goraya/IRIN More and more areas are being inundated as floods spread south KARACHI, 16 September 2011 (IRIN) - Heavy monsoon rain in southern Pakistan is in many ways hitting children worst of all, according t...