Floods (Page 21)

As a result of monsoon rains, many parts of Pakistan have been affected by floods. This is the third consecutive year that Pakistan has endured these floods. More than 375 people have lost their lives as a result and around 4.4 million have been dire...

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. NIGER: For many families in Niger, the gap between harvests has become stretched out by the drought that has been experienced all over the ...

This is the time of the year when the annual monsoon rains return to Pakistan and families remember the floods of 2010. Pictured above, children are enjoying bathing under a handpump installed by the Pakistan Red Crescent Society. Many families are a...

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. JAPAN: Eighteen months after the earthquake and tsunami, recovery is well underway in communities along Japan’s north east coast. Although ...

Flooding is the most frequent natural disaster in Canada. Most Canadians know to avoid flooded roads and watch for overflowing waterways after heavy rainfall, but what if the flooding occurs in your own home? Many neighbourhoods across Canada ...

Here's an update on the flooding in Nova Scotia we mentioned in this blog post yesterday. Red Cross volunteers in the Truro area set up two reception centres and an overnight emergency shelter Monday to assist people affected by the heavy rain and ...

Tropical storm Leslie is barreling toward Newfoundland and could pick up steam and regain hurricane status before it’s expected to make landfall tomorrow morning. Canadian Red Cross volunteers and staff across Newfoundland are preparing, as have many...

Disaster response requires a lot of “behind the scenes” work to organize emergency relief supplies in all of the Red Cross warehouses. The warehouse in Manila contains enough supplies to provide for 15,000 families or approximately 75,000 peop...