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Truckloads of disaster supplies continue to arrive at the Red Cross staging area in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Gustav. Photo: Gene Dailey/American Red Cross (p18161)India: Bihar floods displace more families and take more lives
Even as increasing amounts of vital humanitarian assistance arrives in Northern India, the swollen Kosi River continues to wreak additional havoc for millions of vulnerable people. According the latest official reports, more than 3.3 million individuals have been directly impacted by unprecedented flooding in a region of India not prone to this kind of disaster.
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Floods in Bihar information bulletin no.1
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Aerial view of the city of Gonaives, Haiti. Hanna, the 8th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, affected Haiti on 2 September. (p18178) Haiti: Red Cross Red Crescent in action
Tropical storm Hanna is causing havoc in northern Haiti only days after the country was hit by Hurricane Gustav. A tropical storm warning is in effect from Port au Prince to Haiti’s northern border with the Dominican Republic. Heavy rain and strong winds from the storm are currently affecting the Nord and Nord West regions, especially Artibonite.
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A woman cries in front of the debris of her collapsed house after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Lixi town of Huili County (REUTERS/Stringer Shanghai/courtesy www.alertnet.org)Banda Aceh’s unsung heroes
Despite having experienced profound tragedy, Red Cross Red Crescent volunteer Nuraini is determined to help others. After losing four children, 11 grandchildren and her home to the 2004 tsunami, 72-year-old Nuraini and her husband used their pension to build a kindergarten in Merduati village, Banda Aceh.
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  Cuba: early warining saves lives in "worst hurricane in 50 years"
  China: Red Cross on the spot as new earthquake strikes
  India: Situation worsens by the day
  Cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa
  Red Cross shelters thousands as Gustav approaches
  Zimbabwe: "The situation is critical"
  Americas: thousands affected by hurricane Gustav
  Indonesia: Rebuilding the heart of the village
  South Asia: Building safer communities
  Viet Nam: Flood survivors tell their stories
 
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  5 September 2008
Haiti: Red Cross Red Crescent launches urgent appeal
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Red Cross Red Crescent launches Nepal floods appeal
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Peru: Young lives through the lensPeru: Young lives through the lens
An innovative Red Cross photography project is helping young people affected by the 2007 earthquake express how they feel one year on.
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OPINION PIECES
HIV in Southern Africa: “A disaster by anyone’s definition”
The 2008 World Disasters Report makes a bold statement, one that has been feared and dodged by most. It argues that HIV and AIDS is a disaster – at the household, community and in some instances, the country level.
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Volunteers essential to protecting human dignity
Statement delivered at the 28th International Conference of the Red Cross Red Crescent.
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