Blogs Posts in Cyclone category; 56 blog posts

Myanmar junta warns against hoarding cyclone aid

Myanmar's junta warned Thursday it will punish anyone found hoarding or trading foreign aid meant for cyclone survivors, but relief groups said they had seen no evidence of people selling or stockpiling donated goods. The government's warn [...]

Posted On : May, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Tornado season deadliest in a decade

The USA has been ravaged through mid-May by a near-record number of tornadoes that has pushed the death toll including 47 killer twisters over the weekend to a 10-year high. The deaths of 98 people attributed to tornadoes this year has m [...]

Posted On : May, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Myanmar cyclone death toll rises to 23,335

Photo taken on May 7, 2008 shows an aerial view of a badly stricken village in Irrawaddy, Myanmar. International relief aid from Japan, Bangladesh, Laos, China, Thailand, India and Singapore has been poured in Myanmar till Wednesday for the [...]

Posted On : May, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Cyclone Nargis rages in the Bay basin

Bangkok, April 28 As has been forecast already, the Bay of Bengal has thrown up a major tropical cyclone, Nargis, on Tuesday. Nargis is threatening to whip up speed and intensity, if forecasts by the US Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning [...]

Posted On : Apr, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Bangladesh cyclone homeless still await help

Several weeks before the start of the monsoon season in Bangladesh, more than 260,000 families made homeless by Cyclone Sidr five months ago have yet to receive help to rebuild their houses, the Red Cross said on Monday. The monster storm [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Bangladesh Struggles to Cope with Shortage of Affordable Foo...

Bangladesh is seeking three million tons of rice and wheat, in the next several months, to counter the lingering effects of a devastating cyclone amid soaring prices for staple foods. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman, in our South Asia bureau [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

Photo in the News: Rare Cyclone Batters Middle East

There's a storm raging in the Middle East and this one has nothing to do with religion or politics. A NASA satellite image shows Cyclone Gonu bearing down on the Gulf of Oman on June 5, 2007. At the time, the tropical storm had reached [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

60,000 Cyclone Victims In Mozambique Need Food Aid

More than 60,000 people left destitute by cyclone Jowke have not eaten a decent meal in many days, prompting the Mozambican government to launch an urgent appeal to the UN World Food Programme. Joao Ribeiro, the deputy national director o [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

Cyclone disrupts Vladivostok-Russky isle ferry service

A cyclone that came to Russia's Primorsky (maritime) Territory (or Primorye, for short) from the Amur Region disrupted the ferry service between Vladivostok and the Russky Island on Thursday. It is raining heavily here now, with storm wind [...]

Posted On : Mar, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

Cyclone might hit southern Mozambique within 24 hours

After it claimed nine lives and destroyed property in Mozambique's northern coastal zone, tropical cyclone Jokwe is forecast to return in full rage and lash the coastal areas of Maputo, Gaza and Inhambane provinces, officials said Wednesday [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Madagascar: Tropical cyclone Ivan DREF Operation No. MDRMG00...

The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent response to em [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

Madagascar cyclone toll doubled

Nearly 145,000 people have been left homeless by a cyclone that tore through Madagascar, killing 44 people. The figures double previous estimates of the havoc wreaked by the category three cyclone and have raised fears of a humanitarian ca [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Madagascar Officials Confirm 26 Deaths From Cyclone Ivan

This is the first official confirmation of the number of deaths since Cyclone Ivan — the second big cyclone of the season — lashed the island on Sunday with winds of up to 200 kph (125 mph). Two of the deaths had occurred dur [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2008 | Comments : 0