Tag: diasters

  • Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 strikes Indonesia’s Sumatra

    Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 strikes Indonesia’s Sumatra

    A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island early Monday, the US Geological Survey has reported.

    The seismic activity occurred around 6:30 am local time (2330 GMT). There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. In addition, no tsunami alert was issued.

    “The earthquake caused people to panic. It was felt between 3-10 seconds in four districts in Aceh and North Sumatra province,” Abdul Muhari, a spokesman for the BNPB disaster mitigation agency, said in a statement.

    Earlier on 10 January, a powerful deep-sea earthquake of 7.6 magnitude had damaged village buildings in a lightly populated island chain in eastern Indonesia and was widely felt in northern Australia.

  • Climate disaster: Pakistan to receive ‘Global Shield’ funding

    Climate disaster: Pakistan to receive ‘Global Shield’ funding

    Pakistan will be one of the first initial recipients of the Global Shield funding that will be provided to countries hit by climate disasters.
    The Global Shield will build support to be deployed in nations like Pakistan, Ghana, Fiji, and Senegal. It is supported by 170 million euros ($175 million) in funding from Germany and 40 million euros ($41 million) from additional contributors including Denmark and Ireland.The Global Shield was officially launched on November 14, 2022 at the COP27 climate conference.

    Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Fiji, Ghana, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Senegal were identified as some of the earliest beneficiaries of Global Shield supplies in a statement released by Germany on Monday.

    Germany stated that these packages would be created in the upcoming months.

    As many as 33 million people of the 220 million in the South Asian nation have been affected in some way by recent monsoon floods that swept away houses, roads, railways and bridges and submerged around 4 million acres of farmland.