Pakistan: Pakistan: At least 52 people feared dead as avalanche hits village
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanMANSEHRA/ALPURI: At least 52 people were feared dead and scores of others injured when an avalanche slammed into a remote hamlet in Kandian Tehsil of...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: Kohistan NWFP Avalanche: Situation Report 2
Source: Pakistan Red Crescent SocietyCountry: PakistanReporting period - 19th February 2010 Situation in Brief An avalanche has hit villages in Qandia valley Bagroo, Seri and Gatloo area in District...
View ArticlePakistan: UN stands ready to assist Pakistanis cut off by heavy snowfalls,...
Source: UN News ServiceCountry: Pakistan19 February 2010 - United Nations humanitarian agencies stand ready to help local authorities in Pakistan's Upper Swat region where some 100,000 people need...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: Kohistan NWFP Avalanche Situation Report 3
Source: Pakistan Red Crescent SocietyCountry: PakistanReporting period - 20th February 2010 Situation in Brief An avalanche hit villages in Qandia valley - especially Bagroo Dara, Seri and Gatloo areas...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: NDMA, army rescue seven more in Kohistan
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanBy Nisar Ahmad Khan Saturday, 20 Feb, 2010 MANSEHRA: The National Disaster Management Authority and the army launched a rescue and relief operation in...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: Kohistan avalanche death toll rises to 102
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanMANSEHRA: The death toll from Kohistan's avalanche rose to 102 as relief and rescue operation launched by the army and National Disaster Management...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: Kohistan NWFP Avalanche Situation Report 4
Source: Pakistan Red Crescent SocietyCountry: PakistanThe situation in Qandia valley in terms of information is rapidly changing due to frequent accessibility of the PRCS teams via helicopter assessing...
View ArticlePakistan: PAKISTAN: Struggle to rescue avalanche victims in northwest
Source: IRINCountry: PakistanMANSEHRA, 22 February 2010 (IRIN) - Bad weather is hampering rescue and relief efforts in a remote part of Kohistan District in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province...
View ArticlePakistan: WHO sends medical teams to treat Pakistanis suffering from severe...
Source: UN RadioCountry: PakistanListen to the NewsIn the wake of a series of avalanches caused by severe winter, the World Heath Organization has dispatched medical supplies to Pakistan. An avalanche...
View ArticlePakistan: Emergency Situation in Kalam Valley - Situation Report #2
Source: Helping HandCountry: PakistanHighlights: - 4500 Surrounded Families Under Threat in Uthror, Meteltan, Osho and Ghabral Village - Roads are Blocked due to Continued Snow Fall - Food Distribution...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: Humanitarian Response IDPs, Floods, Avalanches and Land...
Source: Pakistan Red Crescent SocietyCountry: PakistanPRCS Profile The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) is a statutory body created by an act of Parliament. It is the leading national...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan Humanitarian Update No. 9
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: PakistanThis Humanitarian Update covers the period from 20 February to 04 March 2010. The next Update will be issued on or around...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #6, Fiscal Year (FY) 2010
Source: US Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: PakistanU.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S FOREIGN...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: IOM Distributes Toolkits to Conflict, Weather-Affected...
Source: International Organization for MigrationCountry: PakistanPakistan - IOM has this month distributed over 4,500 toolkits to vulnerable families affected by flash floods, snowfall and war damage...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: NWFP Lawmakers Urged to Advocate Disaster Risk Management
Source: Government of PakistanCountry: PakistanIslamabad: (Peshawar) Active participation of Parliamentarians is crucial for improving the effectiveness of DRM (Disaster Risk Management) in the country...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: PRCS Kohistan Avalanche Operation Update
Source: Pakistan Red Crescent SocietyCountry: PakistanSituation UpdateDue to the fall of heavy snow and avalanches in February this year; two of the sub-valleys in Kandia Valley; District Kohistan,...
View ArticleBangladesh: GLOBAL: Asia most at risk from natural disasters
Source: IRINCountry: Bangladesh, Chile, China, Ethiopia, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Mozambique, Myanmar, Pakistan, SudanNAIROBI, 31 May 2010 (IRIN) - Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran and...
View ArticlePakistan: PAKISTAN RED CRESCENT SOCIETY HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE A SPECIAL...
Source: Pakistan Red Crescent SocietyCountry: PakistanPRCS Profile The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) is a statutory body created by an act of Parliament. It is the leading national non-...
View ArticlePakistan: NDMA Annual Report 2010
Source: Government of PakistanCountry: PakistanSUMMARYFortunately, after the massive Earthquake of 2005, Pakistan was blessed with a National Disaster Management System, which though was at a nascent...
View ArticlePakistan: Plea for help as landslides kill nine
Source: IRINCountry: PakistanPESHAWAR, 22 March 2012 (IRIN) - Heavy rain has triggered landslides in the autonomous territory of Gilgit-Baltistan and the Chitral District of Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa...
View Article