Silent Emergencies: Flooding in Central America
Friday 4 November 2011 by Sophie Stokes
Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Mexico are experiencing severe flooding affecting more than a million people in total.
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Somalia: A mother’s grief for a daughter lost in the floods
Thursday 20 October 2011 by Catherine Carter
I ask about the rains last week which caused widespread flooding – was she here? What does she remember? Her unexpected and tragic story will stay with me for the rest of my life. “Yes I remember,” she said. “I lost my daughter, my wonderful daughter Maryama”. I’m suddenly very aware that I may be intruding on a private grief.
Thailand: On the road through a flood stricken land
Wednesday 19 October 2011 by Voices from the Field
I see families steering their narrow boats closer and closer to the highway, while trucks crowded with food supplies and volunteers push steadily through the water to the evacuation centres. Driving past the few dry patches along the highway, we see makeshift dwellings and tents housing evacuees who haven’t made it to the centres.
Floods in the shadow of the Himalaya
Wednesday 24 November 2010 by Sandy Biggar
I’m told that the mountains of the Himalaya are still growing; the tectonic plates, moving slowly but with continental force, thrust more and more sharp fragments of land skywards every day. The flight from Delhi to Leh sets the scene. Peak after peak, connected by a web of jagged ridges, stretches into the distance, each one trying to break through the thick layer of frozen snow draped over it.
Niger: rain and recovery
Thursday 26 August 2010 by Amy Reed
In the UK, it rains heavily and it’s annoying. In Niger it rains heavily and – if you’re poor, and you probably are – it’s economic breakdown.
