1 April 2015 – Seven months after unprecedented flooding in 2014, Jammu and Kashmir have again been lashed with heavy and incessant rains in the past 36 hours.
India: Floods and landslides in Kashmir
1 April 2015 – Seven months after unprecedented flooding in 2014, Jammu and Kashmir have again been lashed with heavy and incessant rains in the past 36 hours.
13 January 2015 – Flooding and heavy rains have affected 17 districts in the country. Four out of these districts have been heavily affected and include: Mulanje, Nsanje, Chikwawa and Karonga. ACT Forum in Malawi plans to respond in these four heavily affected districts.
15 January 2015 – Chad is one of the poorest countries, ranking 184 out of 187 on the Human Development Index and 5th on the Fragile States Index. The country is affected by conflicts in neighbouring countries, notably Central African Republic, Sudan, Nigeria and Libya.
27 February 2015 – Following the plethora of attacks orchestrated by Boko Haram in the north east of Nigeria and the Cameroon villages along the border with Nigeria, local populations have been forced to flee the massacres. Refugees from Nigeria and displaced people from the border areas started arriving in the north region of Cameroon in August 2014.
15 March 2015 – Between Friday 13 and Saturday 14 March, category five severe tropical cyclone Pam hit the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. The cyclone was one of the strongest ever recorded in the Pacific islands with sustained winds of 270km/hr gusting to 360km/hr.
30 March 2015 – In February and March 2015 heavy rain and floods have struck upon the state of Acre, north region of Brazil, severely affecting about 80,000 people.
6 May 2015 – Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) slammed into the eastern Philippines on November 8, 2013. The strongest typhoon recorded in history killed more than 6,300 people and caused catastrophic damages to 44 provinces, 57 cities, 591 municipalities, affecting more than 16 million people. Total damages were estimated to have reached $2.04 B, including major damages to the agricultural sector.
13 May 2015 – Following the July-September 2014 war on Gaza, the fragile humanitarian situation which left 2,209 people dead and more than 10,000 injured continues to deteriorate, seven months after the end of the war. This is coupled with the longstanding blockade.
29 May 2015 – Since 22 May the Colombian north‐east department of Arauca has experienced heavy rains creating emergency situations due to the floods caused by overflown rivers. In Saravena municipality a red alert has been published due to the level of severity of the situation.
5 June 2015 – Thousands of Congolese refugees began pouring into Uganda from the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in early June, reportedly fleeing possible abduction, forced recruitment and rape by suspected Mai Mai and ADF militia groups (Allied Democratic Forces).
