Floods (Page 25)

*Guest blog by Michael Tomascik, Public Affairs team, Ottawa[slideshow]As a result of massive flooding that hit Pakistan last year; millions of spiders were forced to seek refuge in the few outlying trees. Moreover, with the flood waters slow to rece...

Guest blog, Richard Kies, Provincial Lead for Fund Development in SaskatchewanYesterday I saw first-hand, once again, just how much the people of  Saskatchewan care about their neighbours, particularly in the southeast corner of the province, that ha...

Having just returned from Manitoba, Lisa Landry had some sage advice for Alicia Benton when the two met at the Red Cross office in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia this week. Lisa recently returned from a 3-week volunteer deployment in Manitoba. Meanwhile,...

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.PAKISTAN: It has almost been one year since the flooding began in Pakistan.  The Pakistan Red Crescent Society, with support from IFRC, is wrap...

As they do nearly every spring, Canadian Red Cross staff and volunteers in Fredericton, New Brunswick are closely monitoring the St. John River that runs through the city and near many other communities for potential flooding. River Watch 2011 is off...

*Guest blog by Alison Frehlich, communications advisor with the Canadian Red Cross. Alison is currently in Manitoba and is sharing stories and updates on flood relief efforts by the Red Cross * They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but whe...

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. PAKISTAN: Following the 2010 super floods, more than 150 families found refuge in a camp set up by the Pakistan Red Crescent Society, with ...

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.PARAGUAY: According to the Paraguayan Ministry of Health, at least 25 people have died and 200 are severely ill as a result of a dengue fever o...