Disaster

A powerful earthquake killed at least 35 people in Indonesia

News Hour Correspondent - Jan 15, 2021

A powerful earthquake killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds on Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi on Friday, trapping several under rubble and unleashing dozens of aftershocks as authorities warned of more quakes...
Policy makers stressed the importance of Disaster Impact and Assessment on the cards for better disaster risk management in Bangladesh

News Hour Correspondent - Dec 1, 2020

Policy makers and disaster management experts stressed the importance of Disaster Impact Assessment (DIA) tool in planning process to minimize economic losses due to disasters and to ensure maximum benefit of development interventions....
Hurricane Iota made landfall in Nicaragua

News Hour Correspondent - Nov 17, 2020

Hurricane Iota has made landfall in Nicaragua two weeks after another devastating storm hit. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the storm crossed the coast on Monday evening. It had strengthened at...
Nearly half a million children in Nicaragua at risk from Hurricane Eta

News Hour Correspondent - Nov 4, 2020

Hurricane Eta hit Nicaragua early Tuesday as a powerful Category 4 storm, potentially impacting 1,227,000 people, including nearly 500,000 children (estimation based on data available from ADAM program from WFP). Eta could cause...
A cyclone is expected on November in Bay of Bengal

Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Nov 2, 2020

Almost every month of the present year has been more or less disaster-prone. According to the Meteorological Department, there was 45 percent more rain in last October than usual time. There were also...
Super typhoon Gani hit the Philippines

News Hour Correspondent - Nov 2, 2020

Super Typhoon Gani hit the Philippines on Sunday amid warnings from authorities. The typhoon is expected to create the most “catastrophic” situation in the region. More than 300,000 people have fled their homes....
Death toll of earthquake in Turkey grows to 76

News Hour Correspondent - Nov 2, 2020

The death toll from the quake in Izmir, Turkey, has risen to 76, the Turkish Emergency Situations Ministry said Monday. “A total of 76 our citizens have died; 743 people out of 962...
Cyclone and landslides killed 21 in Vietnam

News Hour Correspondent - Oct 30, 2020

Extreme levels of rainfall and landslides have killed at least 21 people in Vietnam as a result of Typhoon Molave. Many are missing in Thursday’s crash. The Disaster Management Department says 53 people...
Over 1.5 million children at risk due to floods in central Vietnam

News Hour Correspondent - Oct 24, 2020

Widespread flooding and landslides in five provinces in central Vietnam have left more than 1.5 million children at risk of disease, losing out on education and poor nutrition. At least 135,000 families have...
About 380 whales died in largest stranding on record in Australia

News Hour Correspondent - Sep 23, 2020

About 380 whales have died in what is suspected to be Australia’s largest stranding on record, officials say. Since Monday, hundreds of long-finned pilot whales have been found beached on Tasmania’s west coast....