August, 2007

Source: Reuters BEIJING, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A gas explosion in a Chinese mine that was operating illegally killed seven people on Saturday, as officials began handing compensation to families of 181 miners trapped ...

Source: Reuters TEHRAN, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck a southern region of Iran on Saturday and injured four people, the state broadcaster's Web site reported.

The quake, which struck in the ...

Source: Reuters DHAKA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Bangladesh health and relief workers went to flood-hit areas after authorities relaxed a curfew in six cities including the capital, officials said on Saturday.

The interim ...

Source: IRIN At least 23,000 people have been affected by unprecedented floods in Burkina Faso and more destroyed villages are still
being reported daily as heavy rain continues to lash the country, the government's top crisis management expert warned on 24 August.

Source: Reuters UNITED NATIONS, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The United Nations will launch an appeal, expected to be for $15-20 million, early next week for aid to deal with the aftermath of flooding in North Korea, a senior ...

This map illustrates satellite detected flood water over the affected state of Bihar, India. Those areas likely covered with flood water as of 22 August 2007 are shown in red and are distinguished from pre-flood water levels (in blue) as measured for 1-10 May 2007. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field.

Map Scale for A2: 1:1,100,000
Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic
Datum: WGS 1984

This map illustrates satellite detected flood water over the affected state of Bihar, India. Those areas likely covered with flood water as of 22 August 2007 are shown in red and are distinguished from pre-flood water levels (in blue) as measured for 1-10 May 2007. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field.

Map Scale for A2: 1:1,100,000
Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic
Datum: WGS 1984

Source: UNOSAT This map illustrates satellite detected flood water over the affected state of Bihar, India. Those areas likely covered with flood water as of 22 August 2007 are shown in
red and are distinguished from pre-flood water levels (in blue) as measured for 1-10 May 2007. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field.


Map Scale for A2:
1:1,100,000

Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic

Datum: WGS 1984

Source: UNOSAT This map illustrates satellite detected flood water over the affected state of Bihar, India. Those areas likely covered with flood water as of 22 August 2007 are shown in
red and are distinguished from pre-flood water levels (in blue) as measured for 1-10 May 2007. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field.


Map Scale for A2:
1:1,100,000

Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic

Datum: WGS 1984

Source: IRIN The old man pointed at where his village has been before the River Gash burst its banks and
swept everything away.

Source: AlertNet Huge swathes of West Africa, as well as Sudan over in the east, have been hit by floods.

Source: Reuters (Adds report from Shandong mine, paragraphs 9-10)

BEIJING, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Eight Chinese miners are missing after another coal shaft was flooded, this time in southwest China, local media ...

Source: Reuters BEIJING, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Days of downpours brought by Typhoon Sepat have displaced more than 757,000 people in a southern Chinese province, where seven were killed as rivers overflowed to historic ...

Source: WFP As more than 150,000 hungry and desperate survivors of last week's earthquake continue to seek help, WFP thanked the
European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) for its contribution of €400,000 for food assistance.

August 24, 2007 10:16:57 GMT

August 24, 2007 10:16:52 GMT

Source: Reuters By Ruma Paul

DHAKA, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Floods that swept across low-lying Bangladesh for nearly a month are receding fast but flood-related suffering and deaths will not stop anytime soon, officials ...

Source: Reuters By Ruma Paul

DHAKA, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Floods that swept across low-lying Bangladesh for nearly a month are receding fast but flood-related suffering and deaths will not stop anytime soon, ...

Source: Reuters By Simon Apiku

KASSALA, Sudan, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Sudan's worst flooding in living memory is threatening food supplies in the eastern state of Kassala, an official with the U.N. food agency said ...

Source: Reuters BHUBANESWAR, India, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Hundreds of snakes, forced out of their pits by flood waters, have entered villagers' homes in eastern India creating panic and adding to the torment caused by ...

Source: Reuters BEIJING, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Eight Chinese miners are missing after another coal shaft was flooded, this time in southwest China, local media reported on Friday, a week after a mine flood in eastern ...

Source: Reuters BEIJING, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Eight Chinese miners are missing after another coal shaft was flooded, this time in southwest China, local media reported on Friday, a week after a mine flood in eastern ...

Major Disaster Declaration number 1718 declared on Aug 24, 2007

Source: Reuters SEOUL, Aug 24 (Reuters) - South Korea will send building materials and equipment worth 37.4 billion won ($39.7 million) to North Korea to help rebuild houses and roads after floods ravaged the ...

August 23, 2007 23:36:36 GMT