How to Help After Nepal and Tibet's Catastrophic Floods
The aid will fund emergency supplies and family reunification as more than 1,300 people remain missing, officials said.
- On Thursday, The Singapore Red Cross pledged $50,000 in humanitarian aid to support relief efforts following devastating flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border.
- Experts suspect the August 26 disaster was triggered by a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood originating in Tibet, sending ice and debris flows that destroyed homes in Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts.
- Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority reported 910 people missing; 517 foreign citizens remain out of contact, including nine Singaporeans along the affected rivers.
- Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan confirmed the Singapore Government is preparing an assistance package, while The Irish Red Cross supports the Nepal Red Cross Society with emergency relief.
- With warnings of fresh flood risks as lakes threaten to burst, SRC will launch a public fundraising appeal on Friday to assist Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement partners.
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How to help after Nepal and Tibet’s catastrophic floods – WTOP News
As rescue teams continue searching for hundreds of people missing along the Nepal-China border following catastrophic floods, humanitarian organizations are mobilizing to aid survivors. More than 300 people died in the region when a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities Wednesday following a glacier collapse. More than 1,400 were...
Caritas Nepal: Situation is difficult but Church working to support people
Sister Cecilia Durga Shrestha, Executive Director of Caritas Nepal, speaks to Vatican News about how the Church's local humanitarian outfit is supporting those displaced by the devastating flash floods that struck the north of the country, which have killed over 500 people. Read all
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Two Irish nationals are among hundreds of people feared missing in Nepal.
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