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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/07/italy-france-recovering-from-latest-flash-floods/feed/ 0 Swiss send four humanitarian aid experts to Thailandhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/swiss-send-four-humanitarian-aid-experts-to-thailand/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/swiss-send-four-humanitarian-aid-experts-to-thailand/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:31:08 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63128 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Four specialists from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA) were dispatched to Thailand by the Swiss government, which is also supplying CHF100,000 to help Thailand and Cambodia organize their flood aid efforts. The team of four experts is made up of a water specialist, microbiologist, and two experts on flood containment and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/swiss-send-four-humanitarian-aid-experts-to-thailand/feed/ 0 Dublin, NW Italy join Bangkok with flood woes (update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/26/dublin-nw-italy-join-bangkok-with-flood-woes-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/26/dublin-nw-italy-join-bangkok-with-flood-woes-update/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:35:25 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62810 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Dublin is under water and three people are dead, five missing in Liguria, in northwest Italy, as heavy rains led to floods Monday and Tuesday. Thailand’s continuing woes from rivers swollen by weeks of heavy rain resulted in the second airport in the capital, Bangkok, being closed Tuesday 25 October. Dublin is [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/26/dublin-nw-italy-join-bangkok-with-flood-woes-update/feed/ 0 Flooding in Bangkok shuts down airporthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/25/flooding-in-bangkok-shuts-down-airport/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/25/flooding-in-bangkok-shuts-down-airport/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:49:05 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=62836 GenevaLunch.com THAILAND – The Thai government has ordered the shut down of Bangkok’s second airport as floodwaters advance towards the nation’s capital. The cabinet also ordered a five-day holiday for Bangkok and 20 other provinces affected by the worst flooding in decades, amid warnings a high tide would surge up the capital’s main river and escalate [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/25/flooding-in-bangkok-shuts-down-airport/feed/ 1 Leukerbad, Loetschental suffer heavy rain, mud damagehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/leukerbad-loetschental-suffer-heavy-rain-mud-damage/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/leukerbad-loetschental-suffer-heavy-rain-mud-damage/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:40:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62334 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The canton Valais resort of Leukebad (Loeche-les-bains in French) suffered heavy damages in some areas from mud slides and heavy rains Sunday night. The heavy rainfall in the region also affected the area around Loetschental forced authorities to briefly close the Gampel-Steg road, used by drivers taking their cars on the train [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/leukerbad-loetschental-suffer-heavy-rain-mud-damage/feed/ 0 Week-end storms nearly the norm: USA, Africa, Thailandhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/29/week-end-storms-nearly-the-norm-usa-africa-thailand/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/29/week-end-storms-nearly-the-norm-usa-africa-thailand/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:38:46 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61025 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Hurricanes and tropical storms in Asia and North America, torrential rains in Africa: heavy rains and flooding are causing heavy damage and deaths. Irene drifted from a hurricane to a tropical storm by the time it hit New York, and while damage was less than feared, the storm killed 16 people in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/29/week-end-storms-nearly-the-norm-usa-africa-thailand/feed/ 0 Irene: Veni, Vidi, and fortunately, not Vicihttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/29/irene-veni-vidi-and-fortunately-not-vici/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/29/irene-veni-vidi-and-fortunately-not-vici/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:38:33 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=61041 GenevaLunch.com Hurricane Irene, now downgraded to Tropical Storm, has crossed into Canada leaving floods in the States of Vermont, Pennsylvania and New York in the US, but causing less damage that it had been anticipated. The commuting “nightmare” is set to continue in the US, as the transit system shut down ahead of the storm and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/29/irene-veni-vidi-and-fortunately-not-vici/feed/ 0 Pakistan suffers flood funds shortfallhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/27/pakistan-suffers-flood-funds-shortfall/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/27/pakistan-suffers-flood-funds-shortfall/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:49:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=52915 GenevaLunch.com Australia creates flood tax Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Monsoon floods that devastated Pakistan in 2010 continue to cause extreme hardship in the face of a funding shortfall, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Geneva says. “This natural disaster, unprecedented in terms of destruction of housing and infrastructure, has necessitated an unprecedented response,” the IOM [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/27/pakistan-suffers-flood-funds-shortfall/feed/ 0 Torrential rains in Venezuela bring death and chaoshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/01/torrential-rains-in-venezuela-bring-death-and-chaos/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/01/torrential-rains-in-venezuela-bring-death-and-chaos/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:54:00 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=50624 GenevaLunch.com States of emergency have been declared 30 November in four states in Venezuela, including in the capital Caracas, ravaged by torrential rains for more than a week, causing flooding and mudslides. Thousands of people have lost their homes and are taking refuge in more than 800 emergency shelters. Twenty-one people are believed dead, according to [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/01/torrential-rains-in-venezuela-bring-death-and-chaos/feed/ 0 N.Korea admits dozens died in typhoon Kompasuhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/15/n-korea-admits-dozens-died-in-typhoon-kompasu/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/15/n-korea-admits-dozens-died-in-typhoon-kompasu/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:15:30 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=47045 GenevaLunch.com Dozens of people died in flooding and landslides in North Korea as typhoon Kompasu struck the divided peninsula earlier this month, North Korean state media confirmed 15 September. The typhoon caused heavy damage to railways and roads and washed away 30,000 hectares of farmland. Kompasu caused the death of five people in South Korea 2 [...]

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