Tag: Flood
Rotting relief goods
Reports are pouring in from various upper and lower Sindh districts, which experienced super floods for two years, that the warehouses full of goods...
NDMA received only 35pc of pledged flood aid, new appeal coming...
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Wednesday said that it received only 35 percent of the amount pledged by world donors after a...
Winter brings more misery to millions of flood victims
More than two months after the August floods hit the southern Pakistan, millions of affected people are still at great risk as the winter...
Flood survivors bound to face pneumonia
Moomal Oad, a mother of four, was trying to tie a betel nut leaf around her three-week-old daughter to heal the latter’s chest congestion.
As...
Flood-ravaged Thailand prays to water goddess
Each year as the monsoon draws to an end, Thais thank the water goddess for sustaining life. But with deadly floods now plaguing the...
NADRA launches Free SMS Service for verification
National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) has launched a mobile SMS service in collaboration with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and all operating telecom companies...
UNICEF preparing new appeal for flood relief donations
A new flash appeal for the flood affected people in southern Pakistan is being prepared and is expected to be announced within a week,...
‘Seva’ for flood survivors in form of medical camp and grocery
Pakistan Hindu Seva Welfare Trust, a nongovernmental organisation carrying out relief work, arranged a medical camp in a flood-hit, remote area of Thatta district.
Two...
Thai officials on defensive as flood anger mounts
Bangkok authorities insisted on Tuesday they could not ease the flooding crisis for everyone in the city, as anger and misery grew in inundated...
Canada announces $11m for flood victims
Responding to emergency appeals for the flood-affected people in Sindh and Balochistan, Canada has announced to provide $11 million for eight projects in the...
Jazba Foundation sends relief goods to Sindh
The Jazba Foundation (JF) on Saturday sent relief goods to the flood affectees of Sindh. Around 1,800 suffering citizens will be helped by the...
Govt is fooling flood victims: Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif said the government is fooling flood affectees in the name of the Pakistan Card. Speaking to a...
Forgotten flood victims
I don’t speak about the never-ending sorrows and sufferings of the last year’s super flood victims in Sindh who are still leading lives of...
EU offers more in flood aid
The European Commission released on Monday an extra 6.5 million euros ($9.0 million) in emergency aid for flood victims in Pakistan, amid a UN...
Nervous Bangkok on alert for floods
Thailand fought to hold back floodwaters flowing towards Bangkok Saturday as a spring tide hindered efforts to protect the city of 12 million people...
Floods kill hundreds in Southeast Asia
Massive floods have left 500 people dead across Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, officials said Monday, as authorities stepped up efforts to reach victims of...
Donors pledge $150m for Sindh flood victims
The international donors had so far pledged $150 million for providing food, shelter, medicine and other facilities to the flood-hit people of Sindh. National...