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    Haiti and beyond: preparing for the next disaster 

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    Mie1
    Published on 26th January 2010 11:42 PM

    One part of the tragedy in Haiti is how unprepared the country was to deal with the earthquake on 12 January. Yet the risk is well established. And Haiti ...

    NAMIBIA: Civil Protection Mechanism activated 

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    Admin
    Published on 6th April 2009 02:43 PM

    The European Union Member States, through the Community Civil Protection Mechanism, have come to the aid of Namibia, following the worst floods in the country in decades.

    More than 350,000 citizens ...

    NAMIBIA: Floods a National Disaster 

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    NewsTracker
    Published on 5th March 2008 11:32 AM

    President Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday declared the floods in the northern regions of the country a national disaster, sending an SOS to the international community to step in and render assistance to the country amid fears of biting food shortages and serious damage to infrastructure.

    "I have no other option but to declare that an emergency situation has arisen in the north and northeastern parts of the ...

    SOUTHERN AFRICA: Money sought for flood victims 

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    Admin
    Published on 13th February 2008 03:10 PM

    JOHANNESBURG, 12 February 2008 (IRIN) - After barely recovering from last year's floods and only halfway into the current rainy season, rivers have spread far beyond their banks and predictions of more rain have led aid agencies to call for US$89 million to keep four Southern African countries afloat.

    Unusually early and heavy rains have destroyed ...

    SADC: Contingency planning saves many from floods 

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    Admin
    Published on 19th January 2008 09:07 AM

    JOHANNESBURG, 18 January 2008 (IRIN) - A more effective early warning response and better cooperation between governments in southern Africa has led to a dramatically reduced death toll during the seasonal flooding, according to the UN regional humanitarian ...

    SADC: UN rushes aid as more floods hit Southern Africa 

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    Admin
    Published on 17th January 2008 11:23 AM

    New York/Johannesburg - The United Nations, together with its national and international partners, is providing urgently needed humanitarian assistance across the Southern Africa region, as floods, brought by unusually early, torrential ...

    MOZAMBIQUE: Fears of a repeat of 2007 flooding 

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    Admin
    Published on 4th January 2008 05:37 PM

    JOHANNESBURG, 4 January 2008 (IRIN) - As water levels continue to rise in Mozambique's main river systems, aid workers have expressed fears of a repeat of the 2007 flooding, the worst the country had experienced ...

    ZIMBABWE/ZAMBIA: Flooding claims more lives 

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    Admin
    Published on 4th January 2008 05:36 PM

    HARARE/LUSAKA, 3 January 2008 (IRIN) - Flooding in Zimbabwe has claimed 21 lives so far and left several thousand homeless in Zambia.

    More than 1,000 families, mainly in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland Central Province, have had homes and livestock washed away by the rains which began on 3 December, 2007.

    Thousands of homes ...