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Disaster management
Hurricane season 2006
A Red Cross worker leads a weary New Orleans evacuee to an empty cot. (p13218)
The Atlantic hurricane season officially started on 1 June and meteorological experts predicted that the Caribbean and Central America would witness above average levels of activity.
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“Red Cross relief teams are supporting more than 300 families,” says Antonia García, president of the Nacaome branch of the Honduras Red Cross. “Some people, particularly children, already have acute respiratory illnesses.” The relief teams are working with the local authorities and the fire brigade. (p14852)27 October 2006
Red Cross volunteers support evacuated families in Honduras
The lives of thousands of people in southern and western Honduras have been disrupted by heavy rains falling since 20 October. Already, the Goascorán river in Valle, on the border with El Salvador, has overflowed. Some 1,200 people have been affected in Valle and another 1,500 in Ocatepeque. Crops and water supply systems in both areas have been destroyed.
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Panama: floods DREF bulletin (MDRPA002) Final report
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Pan American disaster response unit (MAA42001) - Report 2006-2007
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Central America and Mexico (MAA43001) - Report 2006-2007
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Haiti: Floods - DREF bulletin (MDRHT003)
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Haiti: Floods - Operations update no.2 (MDRHT002)
31 January 2007
Jamaica : Floods - DREF bulletin no.1 (MDRJM001)
18 January 2007
Panama: Floods - DREF bulletin no.1 (MDRPA002)
21 December 2006
Haiti: Floods - Operations update no.1 (MDRHT002)
4 December 2006
Haiti: Floods - Emergency appeal (MDRHT002)
1 December 2006
Haiti: Floods - DREF bulletin update no.1
30 November 2006
Jamaica: Floods - DREF bulletin update no.1 (MDRJM001)
15 November 2006
Panama: Floods - DREF bulletin update no.2
26 October 2006
Central America, Mexico and Haiti: Floods from Hurricane Stan (Appeal 05EA021), Operations Update no.6
26 October 2006
El Salvador: Floods and volcanic activity (05EA020), operations update no.3
25 October 2006
Haiti: Floods from tropical storm Ernesto - DREF Bulletin Update no. 2
15 September 2006
Mexico: Tropical storm Lane - Information bulletin no.1
10 September 2006
Bermuda: Hurricane Florence - Information bulletin no.1
2 September 2006
Mexico: Hurricane John - Information bulletin no.3
31 August 2006
Mexico: Hurricane John - Information bulletin no.2
30 August 2006
Mexico: Hurricane John - Information bulletin no. 1
29 August 2006
Caribbean: Tropical storm Ernesto - Information bulletin no.3
27 August 2006
Caribbean: Tropical storm Ernesto - Information bulletin no.2
26 August 2006
Caribbean: Tropical storm Ernesto - Information bulletin no.1
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PADRU -Programme update no.1 (MAA42001)
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