3 innovative ways to help countries hit by climate disasters, beyond a loss and damage fund
Getting aid to countries before the storm or drought hits is one response increasingly being used to limit the damage.
The Independent13d
Spain deploys 15,000 police and troops to help flood relief – as vigilante protection groups patrol streets
Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez has announced a relief package to support the recovery of 78 flood-ravaged communities (EPA) Mr Mazon warned of the risk of an epidemic, saying that tetanus ...
How Spain’s ‘catastrophic’ floods led to over 200 deaths - explained through pictures
At least 217 people are dead after Spain was struck by the worst floods in recent memory that submerged towns, toppled ...
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Spain PM orders 5K troops to help with relief for devastating flood that killed over 200
Spain is sending in an additional 5,000 troops to help with relief efforts after nightmarish ... and flash flooding was “the worst natural disaster in our country’s recent history” and ...
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'Where are they?': Flood-hit Spanish towns desperate for leadership
For days, the people of Paiporta have been dealing with the devastation of their town. But what hurts them now is the sense that they have been forgotten by their country. As we walk through this ...
ABC News17d
Flash flood, severe thunderstorm threats in the southern Plains this weekend
Flood Watches have been posted for parts of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas, including cities such as Lubbock, Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Wichita, Kansas; and Fort Smith ...
Reuters17d
Spain mounts biggest peacetime disaster recovery operation as death toll reaches 214
The tragedy is already Europe's worst flood-related disaster since 1967 when at least 500 people died in Portugal. Hopes of finding survivors were raised when rescuers found a woman alive after ...
Politico17d
FEMA didn’t answer almost half the calls it received for disaster aid
The disaster agency’s ability to provide financial relief has become a burning issue in the presidential election. Former President Donald Trump campaigned recently in two heavily damaged swing ...
West Virginia MetroNews18d
FEMA staff encourages residents to still register for disaster relief ahead of Saturday deadline
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — FEMA Deputy Disaster Recovery Manager James Young is encouraging people still needing disaster assistance from the mid-April storms that hit 11 counties across West Virginia ...
The New York Times18d
In Spanish Town Devastated by Flood, a Grim Search for Bodies
Rescuers in Paiporta, where more than 60 people died, were still pulling bodies from the mud. “We are alive,” a resident said. “But we have lost everything.” By Emma Bubola Emma Bubola ...
Al Jazeera English18d
Valencia MotoGP race cancelled due to deadly flood damage in Spain
Floods devastated towns, piling up cars collapsing bridges and filling streets with mud in Spain’s biggest natural disaster for decades ... behind backing the relief funds already in place.” ...
Global News18d
Spain flood kills at least 158 with bodies likely still trapped in cars
More horrors emerged from the debris and ubiquitous layers of mud left by the walls of water that produced Spain’s most deadly natural disaster in living memory. Officials said Thursday that 155 ...