http://www.irinnews.org/irin-fp.aspxUpdated everydayen-gbFri, 03 Feb 2012 08:01:45 GMTFri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>MANILA 03 February 2012 (IRIN) - The UN and its partners have revised upwards their emergency appeal for storm-affected Mindanao to US$39 million from the original $28.4 million. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94784MANILA 03 February 2012 (IRIN) - The UN and its partners have revised upwards their emergency appeal for storm-affected Mindanao to US$39 million from the original $28.4 million. ]]>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 01 February 2012 (IRIN) - Disaster risk reduction officials planning emergency responses now have the option to consult a new online international weather, climate and water system operated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94774JOHANNESBURG 01 February 2012 (IRIN) - Disaster risk reduction officials planning emergency responses now have the option to consult a new online international weather, climate and water system operated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).]]>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 01 February 2012 (IRIN) - The Thai government is pressing ahead with efforts to mitigate the risk of flooding during the upcoming rainy season, but greater coordination is still needed, flood experts say.Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94770BANGKOK 01 February 2012 (IRIN) - The Thai government is pressing ahead with efforts to mitigate the risk of flooding during the upcoming rainy season, but greater coordination is still needed, flood experts say.]]>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>MANILA 31 January 2012 (IRIN) - The Philippine government has made geo-hazard maps, which outline areas prone to natural disasters, publicly available in a bid to reduce vulnerability at community level.Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94761MANILA 31 January 2012 (IRIN) - The Philippine government has made geo-hazard maps, which outline areas prone to natural disasters, publicly available in a bid to reduce vulnerability at community level.]]>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 30 January 2012 (IRIN) - About 40 people have died and more than 100,000 are affected by twin storms that struck Mozambique 18-26 January, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94759JOHANNESBURG 30 January 2012 (IRIN) - About 40 people have died and more than 100,000 are affected by twin storms that struck Mozambique 18-26 January, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).]]>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>PESHAWAR 30 January 2012 (IRIN) - Jawad Khan, 15, spends most of his day at home in his village in the remote Battagram District of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province (KP), sometimes glancing at a magazine, or occasionally helping his mother shell peas or cut up potatoes.Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94752PESHAWAR 30 January 2012 (IRIN) - Jawad Khan, 15, spends most of his day at home in his village in the remote Battagram District of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province (KP), sometimes glancing at a magazine, or occasionally helping his mother shell peas or cut up potatoes.]]>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>MAZAR-I-SHARIF 27 January 2012 (IRIN) - Much of Dawood Boy’s village in northern Afghanistan is empty. More than 1,000 families from Alburz in Balkh Province abandoned it 4-6 months ago after a drought affecting nearly half the country left 2.8 million people in need of food assistance, according to the World Food Programme.Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94735MAZAR-I-SHARIF 27 January 2012 (IRIN) - Much of Dawood Boy’s village in northern Afghanistan is empty. More than 1,000 families from Alburz in Balkh Province abandoned it 4-6 months ago after a drought affecting nearly half the country left 2.8 million people in need of food assistance, according to the World Food Programme.]]>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>PORT MORESBY 25 January 2012 (IRIN) - Rescue efforts are continuing in Papua New Guinea's (PNG) gas-rich Hela Province, a day after what officials have described as one of the Pacific nation's worst landslides ever.Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94725PORT MORESBY 25 January 2012 (IRIN) - Rescue efforts are continuing in Papua New Guinea's (PNG) gas-rich Hela Province, a day after what officials have described as one of the Pacific nation's worst landslides ever.]]>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>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 communications infrastructure damaged.Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94722JOHANNESBURG 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 communications infrastructure damaged.]]>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 25 January 2012 (IRIN) - In the past five years, “resilience” (the ability to absorb shocks and recover) has become quite a buzzword in the aid community. Discussions on adapting to a changing climate are increasingly peppered with the “need to build resilience” of people, infrastructure and governments in the face of shocks such as soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, severe storms and flooding.Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94714JOHANNESBURG 25 January 2012 (IRIN) - In the past five years, “resilience” (the ability to absorb shocks and recover) has become quite a buzzword in the aid community. Discussions on adapting to a changing climate are increasingly peppered with the “need to build resilience” of people, infrastructure and governments in the face of shocks such as soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, severe storms and flooding.]]>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 24 January 2012 (IRIN) - Agriculture has been seen either as a cause or victim of global warming at the UN climate change talks over the past few years - something that has thwarted efforts to attract the investment it needs, say scientists.Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94711JOHANNESBURG 24 January 2012 (IRIN) - Agriculture has been seen either as a cause or victim of global warming at the UN climate change talks over the past few years - something that has thwarted efforts to attract the investment it needs, say scientists.]]>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>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.Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94710MANILA 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.]]>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>MANILA 17 January 2012 (IRIN) - One month after tropical storm Washi pummelled parts of the southern island of Mindanao, shelter remains the key challenge facing tens of thousands of survivors.Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94658MANILA 17 January 2012 (IRIN) - One month after tropical storm Washi pummelled parts of the southern island of Mindanao, shelter remains the key challenge facing tens of thousands of survivors.]]>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>KABUL 17 January 2012 (IRIN) - Avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan have cut off tens - if not hundreds - of thousands of people already at risk of hunger due to drought, opening the door to a potential humanitarian crisis if aid cannot reach them, says a provincial official.Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94662KABUL 17 January 2012 (IRIN) - Avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan have cut off tens - if not hundreds - of thousands of people already at risk of hunger due to drought, opening the door to a potential humanitarian crisis if aid cannot reach them, says a provincial official.]]>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 16 January 2012 (IRIN) - More countries should follow international disaster law to ensure efficient delivery of international aid, say experts.Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94648BANGKOK 16 January 2012 (IRIN) - More countries should follow international disaster law to ensure efficient delivery of international aid, say experts.]]>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>MANILA 13 January 2012 (IRIN) - Philippine President Benigno Aquino has signed an executive order overhauling the country's rules on closing government offices and schools during natural disasters.Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94637MANILA 13 January 2012 (IRIN) - Philippine President Benigno Aquino has signed an executive order overhauling the country's rules on closing government offices and schools during natural disasters.]]>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>MANILA 12 January 2012 (IRIN) - A deadly landslide in the southern Philippines in early January underscores the dangers of unregulated, artisanal mining, experts say.Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94629MANILA 12 January 2012 (IRIN) - A deadly landslide in the southern Philippines in early January underscores the dangers of unregulated, artisanal mining, experts say.]]>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>CAGAYAN DE ORO 10 January 2012 (IRIN) - A decision to re-open schools in flood-hit northern Mindanao is being cited as key to re-establishing normality even though there are still huge challenges.Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94613CAGAYAN DE ORO 10 January 2012 (IRIN) - A decision to re-open schools in flood-hit northern Mindanao is being cited as key to re-establishing normality even though there are still huge challenges.]]>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>CAGAYAN DE ORO 05 January 2012 (IRIN) - Hospitals in Northern Mindanao are preparing for more cases of Leptospirosis, a bacterial disease spread by rodents, following tropical storm Washi.Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94590CAGAYAN DE ORO 05 January 2012 (IRIN) - Hospitals in Northern Mindanao are preparing for more cases of Leptospirosis, a bacterial disease spread by rodents, following tropical storm Washi.]]>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 30 December 2011 (IRIN) - Natural disasters in Asia in 2011 could well prove to be the costliest ever, experts say. "Never before has this world suffered so much economic loss due to natural disaster, most of which has been in Asia and the Pacific," Sanjay Srivastava, UN regional adviser for disaster risk reduction, told IRIN in Bangkok.Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94563BANGKOK 30 December 2011 (IRIN) - Natural disasters in Asia in 2011 could well prove to be the costliest ever, experts say. "Never before has this world suffered so much economic loss due to natural disaster, most of which has been in Asia and the Pacific," Sanjay Srivastava, UN regional adviser for disaster risk reduction, told IRIN in Bangkok.]]>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 29 December 2011 (IRIN) - In 2011 the global economic crisis combined with poor governance, financial mismanagement and unpredictable rainfall to push several southern African countries to the point of crisis. Others responded to rising unemployment and increased pressure on national budgets by hardening their attitude towards immigrants and closing their borders to asylum-seekers. IRIN covered developments from all over the region, but the following stories consistently grabbed headlines:Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94564JOHANNESBURG 29 December 2011 (IRIN) - In 2011 the global economic crisis combined with poor governance, financial mismanagement and unpredictable rainfall to push several southern African countries to the point of crisis. Others responded to rising unemployment and increased pressure on national budgets by hardening their attitude towards immigrants and closing their borders to asylum-seekers. IRIN covered developments from all over the region, but the following stories consistently grabbed headlines:]]>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>NAIROBI 29 December 2011 (IRIN) - Computers and mobile phones are already essential to humanitarian planning, and 2011 saw the growth of technology-based humanitarian interventions, from the use of GPS (global positioning systems) to provide early weather warnings to real-time health reporting.Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94565NAIROBI 29 December 2011 (IRIN) - Computers and mobile phones are already essential to humanitarian planning, and 2011 saw the growth of technology-based humanitarian interventions, from the use of GPS (global positioning systems) to provide early weather warnings to real-time health reporting.]]>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>MANILA 28 December 2011 (IRIN) - Ten days after tropical storm Washi caused severe flooding on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, leaving over 1,200 dead and thousands homeless, thousands more people have been evacuated from their homes following fresh flooding, officials say.Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94554MANILA 28 December 2011 (IRIN) - Ten days after tropical storm Washi caused severe flooding on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, leaving over 1,200 dead and thousands homeless, thousands more people have been evacuated from their homes following fresh flooding, officials say.]]>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 27 December 2011 (IRIN) - Volcanic flooding (rain mixed with lava) greeted us at the start of 2011 in Indonesia and we wrapped up the year with billions of cubic metres of water bearing down on Thailand’s capital, and the southern Philippines caught off-guard by storms, which killed more than 1,000 in December.Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94547BANGKOK 27 December 2011 (IRIN) - Volcanic flooding (rain mixed with lava) greeted us at the start of 2011 in Indonesia and we wrapped up the year with billions of cubic metres of water bearing down on Thailand’s capital, and the southern Philippines caught off-guard by storms, which killed more than 1,000 in December.]]>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>COLOMBO 26 December 2011 (IRIN) - Seven years after a devastating tsunami struck Sri Lanka, more work still needs to be done to secure an effective early-warning system, officials say.Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94536COLOMBO 26 December 2011 (IRIN) - Seven years after a devastating tsunami struck Sri Lanka, more work still needs to be done to secure an effective early-warning system, officials say.]]>