Cyclones

Natural Disasters

Buddha faces ire of relief seekers in Aila-hit Sunderbans

Rajat Roy / Kolkata June 01, 2009, 0:51 IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was today gheraoed twice by relief seekers in the state

Publication Date:

01/06/2009

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Sundarbans, Natural Disasters, Cyclones, Aid, West Bengal

Forests

Master plan to increase forest coverage up to 20pc soon: PM

The government is going to prepare a master plan to increase the country's forest coverage up to 20 percent in next six years, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday while inaugurating the three-month countrywide 'National Afforestation Movement'.

Publication Date:

01/06/2009

Source: Daily Star (Bangladesh)

Tags:

Forests, Rivers, Afforestation, Trees, Floods, Cyclones, Drought, Bangladesh, China

Natural Disasters

Cyclone anger erupts on CM

ZEESHAN JAWED
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee speaks to cyclone-hit villagers in the Bali camp on Sunday. Picture by Sanjoy Chattopadhyaya

Publication Date:

01/06/2009

Source: Telegraph (Kolkata)

Tags:

Natural Disasters, Cyclones, West Bengal

Natural Disasters

Mamata says relief funds should be handed over to ZPs

KOLKATA, 31 May: Following in the footsteps of Rajiv Gandhi, railway minister Miss Mamata Banerjee (photograph right) today insisted that the Central assistance should reach directly to zilla parishads and they should distribute the funds through panchayat samities and gram panchayats.

Publication Date:

01/06/2009

Source: Statesman (Kolkata)

Tags:

Natural Disasters, Cyclones, Aid, West Bengal, 24 Parganas (S), 24 Parganas (N)

Health

After Aila, disease stalks Sunderbans

KOLKATA, 30 MAY: With cattle and human corpses floating in water bodies in the wake of cyclone Aila, the threat of skin and water-borne enteric diseases and dysentry are looming large in the Sunderbans.

Publication Date:

01/06/2009

Source: Statesman (Kolkata)

Tags:

Sundarbans, Health Effects, Waterborne diseases, Cyclones, Health, West Bengal

Natural Disasters

Annual disaster statistical review 2008: the numbers and trends

This publication reports on the human and economic losses caused by natural disasters in 2008 with figures based on the EM-DAT database with comparisons to previous years. It asserts that although fewer disasters occurred in 2008, events had a larger impact than usual on human settlements. In 2008 once again, large numbers of persons were affected by a few natural disasters.

Publication Date:

01/06/2009

Author(s): & et al, Jose Rodriguez, Femke Vos, Regina Below

Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters

Tags:

Forest Fires, Natural Disasters, Floods, Cyclones, Earthquakes, Storms, Landslides, Drought, Epidemics, Africa, Asia, China, Myanmar, Europe, N C America, Oceania, South America

Climate Change

Monsoon wager: climate change and the Indian monsoon

This latest Greenpeace report says that climate change could bring about significant change to the intensity, geographic distribution and inter seasonal breaks in the Indian monsoon, which would have enormous social consequences.

Publication Date:

01/06/2009

Author(s): Paul Johnston, Vinuta Gopal

Source: Greenpeace India

Tags:

Carbon Dioxide, Monsoons, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Climate Impacts, Sea Level Rise, Cyclones, Storms, India

Natural Disasters

World disasters report 2009: focus on early warning, early action

This 2009 edition of the World Disasters Report focuses on disaster risk reduction. It argues that early warning without early action is not enough and calls for cost-effective prevention measures, rather than the expensive response operations.

Publication Date:

01/06/2009

Author(s): Lindsay Knight

Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Tags:

Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Floods, Cyclones, Extreme Weather Events, Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Global, Food Security

Climate Change