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14 Myanmar maps from UNOSAT  new

UNOSAT has produced satellite image derived maps and corresponding statistical information on the floods following Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar. We hope these maps are useful to the humanitarian community. Additional products including satellite images and thematic maps can be provided by UNOSAT on request. (UNOSAT, May 2008)

http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/asp/prod_free.asp?id=66

(Added: Mon May 12 2008   Hits: 2)

Are Burma's aid delays discriminatory?  new

Since 1949, the Burmese military has waged a war in the east against mainly Christian Karen ethnic minorities, who for centuries have also inhabited the country's Irrawaddy Delta.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0514/p07s02-woap.html

(Added: Thu May 15 2008   Hits: 0)

Myanmar Farmers May Miss Harvest  new

The timing of Cyclone Nargis, which disrupted farmers as they were preparing to plant, could not have been worse.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/world/asia/16myanmar.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin

(Added: Fri May 16 2008   Hits: 1)

Myanmar Storm Humanitarian Emergency May 2008  new

The Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI) gives the latest information on the disaster in Burma Myanmar.

http://www.cidi.org/incident/myanmar%2D08e/

(Added: Mon May 12 2008   Hits: 3)

"Ivan" breathes new life into the Cuban Revolution

A finely tuned disaster-prevention programme helped Cuba escape the worst of hurricanes Charley and Ivan. As Castro turned the fight against natural forces into an all-out military battle, the government attributed Cubans' sense of solidarity and discipline to their revolutionary upbringing. (Richard Bauer, The Environment Times, No 3, 2005)

http://www.environmenttimes.net/article.cfm?pageID=109

(Added: Tue Jun 06 2006   Modified: Thu Aug 31 2006   Hits: 137)

After Katrina: Washed Away? Justice in New Orleans

Caterina Gouvis Roman, Seri Irazola, Jenny Osborne. Urban Justice, August 2007. This report provides a comprehensive review of the acute and lasting impact of Hurricane Katrina on the criminal justice system of New Orleans. Using interviews with criminal justice stakeholders living and working in greater New Orleans, the authors examine the state of the criminal justice system before the storm, the impact of the storm on each branch of the system, and how those branches operate today. The final sections of the report discuss policy considerations and how lessons learned from Katrina can be applied to assist jurisdictions across the country should they be confronted with natural or man-made shocks to the systems charged with keeping residents safe.

http://www.urban.org/publications/411530.html

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After the cyclone: lessons from a disaster [pdf]

Late in the evening of 15 November 2007, Cyclone Sidr struck Mahmouda's home and thousands of other villages across Bangladesh's southern coastal areas, leaving around 4000 people dead and millions homeless. The initial response to the disaster was prompt and vigorous, but three months after the disaster the affected communities' needs - particularly in terms of housing and livelihoods - remain staggering (Oxfam, 15 February 2008).

http://publications.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam/display.asp?K=e2008021909545233

(Added: Thu May 01 2008   Hits: 21)

Casualties of Katrina: Gulf Coast Reconstruction Two Years after the Hurricane

This CorpWatch report, by Eliza Strickland and Azibuike Akaba, tells the story of corporate malfeasance and government incompetence two years after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. The report is broken up into three parts: the struggle by ordinary residents to return home, the major effort to fix the broken Gulf Coast infrastructure, and finally - what the future looks like for a regional revival (Eliza Strickland and Azibuike Akaba, CorpWatch,27 August 2007).

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14647

(Added: Wed Oct 03 2007   Modified: Thu Oct 04 2007   Hits: 57)

Forgotten Communities, Unmet Promises: An Unfolding Tragedy on the Gulf Coast

One year ago, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, elected officials at all levels pledged bold new action and committed to righting inequities as devastated communities rebuilt-better, safer, with more access to opportunity than before. However, despite their pledges that the most vulnerable citizens would get the help they needed to reclaim their lives and livelihoods, lawmakers have lacked the political will to turn their rhetoric into action. This examination of three communities emblematic of longstanding poverty and exclusion - the urban neighborhoods of East Biloxi, Mississippi, and the rural communities of Vermilion and Plaquemines parishes in Louisiana - reveals that government neglect at all levels extends beyond the well-publicized failures in New Orleans to encompass an entire region in distress. (Oxfam, August, 2006)

http://www.oxfamamerica.org/newsandpublications/publications/briefing_papers/briefing_paper.2006-08-21.1978258942?unique=1993460895

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Haiti's lessons for managing the global environment

David Dickson, 27 September 2004. Whether human activity should share any blame for the storms currently sweeping the Caribbean remains uncertain. What is not in doubt is that such activity has contributed significantly to the resulting devastation.

http://www.scidev.net/Editorials/index.cfm?fuseaction=readEditorials&itemid=129&language=1

(Added: Tue Sep 28 2004   Modified: Fri Sep 01 2006   Hits: 162)

Hurricane Zone

This website provides information on hurricanes (also known as typhoons, severe tropical cyclones, severe cyclonic storms and tropical cyclones) worldwide including an integrated collection of resources to follow their development

http://www.hurricanezone.net/

(Added: Thu Nov 01 2001   Modified: Fri Feb 09 2007   Hits: 251)

Hurricanes and Global Warming - Is There a Connection?

Following on from the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina, this article from RealClimate investigates whether climate change is influencing the nature of hurricanes and tropical cyclones.

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=181

(Added: Mon Oct 17 2005   Modified: Tue Aug 29 2006   Hits: 256)

Illegal Logging, Fiscal Crisis, Culture and Development

CADI Editorial, N. Perlas, 10 December 2004. The Philippines is in the global news with the death of over 500 residents in the town of Infanta, Quezon, and other parts of the country. A string of four typhoons, especially the third one, blasted through the denuded mountains and sent thousands of tons of mud sliding down, destroying houses and burying hundreds of people in over 6 feet of mud in some places. Meanwhile, at around this time, the fiscal crisis of the Philippine government flashed back in the news. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) recently declared that the fiscal crisis of the country is over. Some believed. Many others promptly criticized her for trying to water down a serious national issue. And the debate continues. On the surface, these two events seem to have no connection with each other. Yet they are deeply intertwined. They demonstrate the alarming lack of understanding of culture as a central part of the development process. Continued neglect of culture can only mean continued invitation to national disaster.

http://www.cadi.ph/Features/Editorial_Fiscal_Crisis.htm

(Added: Tue Dec 14 2004   Modified: Fri Sep 01 2006   Hits: 225)

Tropical Storm Risk (TSR)

Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) offers a leading resource for forecasting the risk from tropical storms worldwide. The venture provides information and innovative forecast products to benefit risk awareness and decision making in (re)insurance, other business sectors, government and society. On this website you can also find publications and useful links to information on past and present storm activities.

http://tsr.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/

(Added: Thu May 11 2006   Modified: Fri Jan 19 2007   Hits: 119)

USA: Hurricane Katrina - Aug 2005

ReliefWeb updates on the United States of America affected by Hurricane Katrina - Aug 2005 emergency.

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc108?OpenForm&rc=2&emid=TC-2005-000144-USA

(Added: Mon Sep 12 2005   Modified: Thu Aug 31 2006   Hits: 114)

Veers toward Iran: Cyclone Skirts Oman, Major Port Closed

Oman evacuated tens of thousands of people Wednesday, suspended oil exports and closed a major port as a weakening Cyclone Gonu roared toward the Strait of Hormuz - the world's major transport artery for Gulf oil.

http://www.pakistantimes.net/2007/06/07/top9.htm

(Added: Tue Jun 12 2007   Hits: 41)

Will Burma (Myanmar) let world in for aid?

The military government in Burma (Myanmar) is receiving an outpouring of emergency aid offers from the international community, as the death toll from Saturday's cyclone continues to soar. While some foreign aid workers were told they could enter the country to assess needs and distribute supplies, as of Tuesday - three days after the disaster hit - they were still awaiting visas. The delay raises questions as to how willing the hermit regime is to facilitate relief in the crucial, early stages of this humanitarian emergency (Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2008).

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0507/p01s01-wosc.htm

(Added: Wed May 07 2008   Hits: 19)